{"product_id":"shah-of-shahs-paperback","title":"Shah of Shahs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Insightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran.... The reader almost becomes a participant.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShah of Shahs\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368234680543,"sku":"9780679738015","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/A9AFmcX6Gu9780679738015.webp?v=1789125076","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/shah-of-shahs-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}