Shah of Shahs
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · February 4, 1992
"Insightful and important....
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- Who it’s for
- A compact, observant read with the texture of on-the-ground witnessing.
- Genres
- Iranian History, Revolutionary History, Middle Eastern Politics
- Published
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, February 4, 1992
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"Insightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran....
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The reader almost becomes a participant." —The New York Times Book Review In Shah of Shahs 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. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution. Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand.
Why this clicks
Come here for
- Capuscinski’s reportorial eye
- Political history with a literary pulse
Expect
- Lean, analytical prose
- A cross-category history read
Where it sits
| Iranian History | 97% |
|---|---|
| Middle Eastern Politics | 72% |
| Revolutionary History | 57% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Iranian History
- Revolutionary History
- Middle Eastern Politics
- Authors
- Ryszard Kapuscinski, Ryszard Kapuściński
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- February 4, 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Iranian History