Shah of Shahs

2014-08-06 History

Author : Ryszard Kapuscinski
Release : 2014-08-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 507/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Shah of Shahs by : Ryszard Kapuscinski

Download or read book Shah of Shahs written by Ryszard Kapuscinski. This book was released on 2014-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran.... The reader almost becomes a participant." —The New York Times Book Review In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into "a second America in a generation," only to be toppled virtually overnight. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution. Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand.

Shah of Shahs

1985-03-18 History

Author : Ryszard Kapuscinski
Release : 1985-03-18
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 901/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Shah of Shahs written by Ryszard Kapuscinski. This book was released on 1985-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journalist’s portrait of life in Iran just after the Revolution is “a book of great economy and power [with] a supreme sense of the absurd” (New Republic). Iran, 1980: the revolutionaries have taken charge. In a deserted Teheran hotel, Ryszard Kapuściński tries to make journalistic and human sense out of the mass of notes, tapes, and photographs he had accumulated during his extended stay in Iran. Just what happened and how? What did Khomeini have to offer that the Shah, who promised to “create a second America within a generation,” did not? Where did the revolution come from, and where is it going? After all this blood has been spilled, what has it given its people or the world? “We have given [the world] poetry, the miniature, and carpets,” says a rug merchant in Teheran. “We have given the world this miraculous, Unique uselessness.” Kapuściński tells a rich story that combines factual reporting with his own impressions and reflections. Always engrossing and frequently revelatory, it is a unique portrait of the psychological state of a country in revolution.

Shah of Shahs

2006-06 History

Author : Ryszard Kapuscinski
Release : 2006-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 049/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Shah of Shahs written by Ryszard Kapuscinski. This book was released on 2006-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power.

The Shah's Last Ride

1989-10-15 Biography & Autobiography

Author : William Shawcross
Release : 1989-10-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 45X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Shah's Last Ride written by William Shawcross. This book was released on 1989-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, The Shah's Last Ride is William Shawcross' unforgettable work of exile and American foreign policy. The acclaimed author of Sideshow, The Shah's Last Ride captures the behind-the-scenes drama of the Shah of Iran's strange journey into exile—and its crucial impact on American foreign policy and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini.

All the Shah's Men

2004-08-12 History

Author : Stephen Kinzer
Release : 2004-08-12
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 786/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book All the Shah's Men written by Stephen Kinzer. This book was released on 2004-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length account of the CIA's coup d'etat in Iran in 1953—a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written by a noted New York Times journalist, this book is based on documents about the coup (including some lengthy internal CIA reports) that have now been declassified. Stephen Kinzer's compelling narrative is at once a vital piece of history, a cautionary tale, and a real-life espionage thriller.

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