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001 2015046095
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005 20151126082602.0
008 151124s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780805098976 (hardback)
020 $a9780805098983 (electronic book)
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050 00 $aDS318$b.C655 2016
082 00 $a955.05/3092$aB$223
084 $aHIS026000$aHIS031000$aHIS037030$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCooper, Andrew Scott,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe fall of heaven :$bthe Pahlavis and the final days of imperial Iran /$cAndrew Scott Cooper.
250 $aFirst edition.
263 $a1607
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bHenry Holt and Co.,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a" An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Empress Farah In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Andrew Scott Cooper traces the Shah's life from childhood through his ascension to the throne in 1941. He draws the turbulence of the post-war era during which the Shah survived assassination attempts and coup plots to build a modern, pro-Western state and launch Iran onto the world stage as one of the world's top five powers. Readers get the story of the Shah's political career alongside the story of his courtship and marriage to Farah Diba, who became a power in her own right, the beloved family they created, and an exclusive look at life inside the palace during the Iranian Revolution. Cooper's investigative account ultimately delivers the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty through the eyes of those who were there: leading Iranian revolutionaries; President Jimmy Carter and White House officials; US Ambassador William Sullivan and his staff in the American embassy in Tehran; American families caught up in the drama; even Empress Farah herself, and the rest of the Iranian Imperial family. Intimate and sweeping at once, The Fall of Heaven recreates in stunning detail the dramatic and final days of one of the world's most legendary ruling families, the unseating of which helped set the stage for the current state of the Middle East. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Andrew Scott Cooper traces the Shah's life from childhood through his ascension to the throne in 1941. He draws the turbulence of the post-war era during which the Shah survived assassination attempts and coup plots to build a modern, pro-Western state and launch Iran onto the world stage as one of the world's top five powers. Readers get the story of the Shah's political career alongside the story of his courtship and marriage to Farah Diba, who became a power in her own right, the beloved family they created, and an exclusive look at life inside the palace during the Iranian Revolution. Cooper's investigative account ultimately delivers the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty through the eyes of those who were there: leading Iranian revolutionaries; President Jimmy Carter and White House officials; US Ambassador William Sullivan and his staff in the American embassy in Tehran; American families caught up in the drama; even Empress Farah herself, and the rest of the Iranian Imperial family. Intimate and sweeping at once, The Fall of Heaven recreates in stunning detail the dramatic and final days of one of the world's most legendary ruling families, the unseating of which helped set the stage for the current state of the Middle East"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
651 0 $aIran$xHistory$yMohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979.
600 00 $aMohammad Reza Pahlavi,$cShah of Iran,$d1919-1980.
600 00 $aFarah,$cEmpress, consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran,$d1938-
650 7 $aHISTORY / Middle East / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Revolutionary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / General.$2bisacsh