Shah of Shahs
Nonfiction, History, Revolutionary, Middle East, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International
| Author: | Ryszard Kapuscinski | ISBN: | 9780804153508 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | August 6, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ryszard Kapuscinski |
| ISBN: | 9780804153508 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | August 6, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
