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Ali Rahnema

The Rise of Modern Despotism in Iran

The Shah, the Opposition, and the US, 1953-1968

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How did the Shah of Iran become a modern despot? In 1953, Iranian monarch Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi emerged victorious from a power struggle with his prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddeq, thanks to a coup masterminded by Britain and the United States. Mosaddeq believed the Shah should reign not rule, but the Shah was determined that no one would make him a mere symbol. In this meticulous political history, Ali Rahnema details Iran's slow transition from constitutional to despotic monarchy. He examines the tug of war between the Shah, his political opposition, a nation in search of greater liberty, and successive US administrations with their ch… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-86154-142-3
  • EAN: 9780861541423
  • Produktnummer: 35802999
  • Verlag: Oneworld Publications
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 528 S.
  • Masse: H16.4 cm x B24.2 cm x D4.8 cm 778 g
  • Gewicht: 778
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


Ali Rahnema is Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris. He is the author of An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shari'ati, Behind the 1953 Coup in Iran and Call to Arms: Iran's Marxist Revolutionaries, which is also published by Oneworld.

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