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The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States


The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States



von: Darioush Bayandor

96,29 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 02.12.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9783319961194
Sprache: englisch

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The Islamic Revolution in 1979 transformed Iranian society and reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East. Four decades later, Darioush Bayandor draws upon heretofore untapped archival evidence to reexamine the complex domestic and international dynamics that led to the Revolution. Beginning with the socioeconomic transformation of the 1960s, this book follows the Shah’s rule through the 1970s, tracing the emergence of opposition movements, the Shah’s blunders and miscalculations, the influence of the post-Vietnam zeitgeist and the role of the Carter administration. <i>The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States</i> offers new revelations about how Iran was thrown into chaos and an ailing ruler lost control, with consequences that still reverberate today.
I. The Pre-Revolution Setting.- 1. A Retrospective.- 2. Nezam Shahanshahi: The Shah's Imperial Order.- II. Onset of the Revolution.- 3. Downslide.- 4.&nbsp; The Opposition.- 5. Changing Tack (1976–1977).- III. The Revolution.- 6. 1977: The Year of All Dangers.- 7. The Spark (Spring 1978).- 8. Actors, Strategies and Structures.-&nbsp; 9. The Abadan File.- 10. Appeasement and Recoil.- 11. October Countdown.- 12. November Countdown.- 13. The Military Spell: Prime Minister Gholamreza&nbsp; Azhari.- 14. Carter's Quandry.- 15. The USSR and the Iranian Revolution.- 16. The Dawn of a New Era.- 17. The American Attempt at Dialogue with Ayatollah Khomeini.- 18. Swansongs.- 19. The Collapse.
<b>Darioush Bayandor </b>is a Swiss-Iranian scholar and a former diplomat and United Nations official. He is the author of <i>Iran and the CIA: The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited</i> (Palgrave, 2010).
The Islamic Revolution in 1979 transformed Iranian society and reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East. Four decades later, Darioush Bayandor draws upon heretofore untapped archival evidence to reexamine the complex domestic and international dynamics that led to the Revolution. Beginning with the socioeconomic transformation of the 1960s, this book follows the Shah’s rule through the 1970s, tracing the emergence of opposition movements, the Shah’s blunders and miscalculations, the influence of the post-Vietnam zeitgeist and the role of the Carter administration.&nbsp;<i>The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States</i>&nbsp;offers new revelations about how Iran was thrown into chaos and an ailing ruler lost control, with consequences that still reverberate today.
<p>Offers a vivid history of the final decade of the Shah’s regime before the rise of the Islamic Republic in 1979</p><p>Draws upon a trove of untapped archival documents</p><p>Examines the roots of the Islamic Revolution, offering a corrective to a number of widely accepted fallacies about Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi</p>
<p>“Darioush Bayandor has produced a well-documented and highly readable account of the unforeseen and unexpected overthrow of the Iranian monarchy. Casting aside conspiracy theories and ideologies, he provides a balanced, unbiased account of the larger-than-life figures who shaped (and were shaped by) these momentous events.” (Ambassador John Limbert, Distinguished Professor of International Affairs at the U.S. Naval Academy and author of&nbsp;Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History)&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>“Darioush Bayandor is known for writing books that shake up consensus by pointing to plain facts. With this excellent book he does it again, reconsidering the origins and course of the revolution of 1979 in Iran, on the basis of painstaking research. Everyone should read it.” (Michael Axworthy, Director of the Institute of Persian and Iranian Studies, University of Exeter, U.K.,&nbsp; and author of&nbsp;A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind&nbsp;and&nbsp;Revolutionary Iran)</p>

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