The noted Polish foreign correspondent combines factual reportage and first-hand impressions to build a reflective account of the Shah of Iran, his final weeks in power, and the revolution that sent him into exile
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"A book of great economy and power...with vivid imagery, a breathless way
of writing that carries the reader along, and a supreme sense of the absurd."
--The New Republic
In this book, the author brings a mythographer's perspective and 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.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G015181483XI3N00
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Seller: Aquatic Technologies, POLSON, MT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Physical description; 152 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran 1919-1980. 1941-1997. Politics and government. Iran Politics and government 1941-1979. Iran Politics and government 1979-1997. A particularly timely book given the unrest in Iran today. this is an editor's review copy. Seller Inventory # 002466
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. First English edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 152 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Translation of: Szachinszach. Subjects; Mohammed Reza Pahlevi shah of Iran. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran 1919-1980. 1941-1997. Politics and government. Iran Politics and government 1941-1979. Iran Politics and government 1979-1997. Iran. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 431918
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First Edition. First English edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 152 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Translation of: Szachinszach. Subjects; Mohammed Reza Pahlevi shah of Iran. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran 1919-1980. 1941-1997. Politics and government. Iran Politics and government 1941-1979. Iran Politics and government 1979-1997. Iran. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 431918
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. first edition as stated. 6 x 9 in. 152 pp. Gray cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; cover has just a touch of rubbing, no shelf wear. Binding tight. PO's name, dated 1985, on ffep. Text very clean and unmarked. No DJ. Hist. Stax. Seller Inventory # 52099
Seller: Douglas Books, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. 1st UK edition, year of publication. Bound in grey cloth spine and off-white boards.152 pp.; erasable pencil forename sig. to front endpaper otherwise near flawless, but slightly cocked textblock; unclipped covers generally clean but spine ends rubbed and very slightly chipped (will add protective sleeve when ordered). Stated 'First Edition'. Apparently very scarce and even more so than Harcourt Brace Jovanovich US 1st which was issued simultaneously. Seller Inventory # 011237
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