@article{351074,
      author = {Afkhami, Gholam R.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/351074},
      title = {The life and times of the Shah /},
      publisher = {University of California Press,},
      abstract = {"This epic biography, a gripping insider's account, is a  long-overdue chronicle of the life and times of Mohammad  Reza Shah, who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian  monarch. Gholam Reza Afkhami uses his unparalleled access  to a large number of individuals - including high-ranking  figures in the shah's regime, members of his family, and  members of the opposition - to depict the unfolding of the  shah's life against the forces and events that shaped the  development of modern Iran. The first major biography of  the Shah in twenty-five years, this richly detailed account  provides a radically new perspective on key events in  Iranian history, including the 1979 revolution, U.S.-Iran  relations, and Iran's nuclear program. It also sheds new  light on what now drives political and cultural currents in  a country at the heart of today's most perplexing  geopolitical dilemmas."--Jacket.},
      recid = {351074},
      pages = {xvii, 713 p. :},
      address = {Berkeley, CA :},
      year = {2009},
}