Mohammad Gholi Majd

August 1941

The Anglo-Russian Occupation of Iran and Change of Shahs

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Having described the rise of Reza Shah in a previous work, Majd completes the story by describing his downfall. Majd has searched the widely scattered U.S. diplomatic and military records extensively and supplemented the story with media reports. Over seventy years later, this interesting story is finally being told.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 854g
• ISBN-13: 9780761859406
• ISBN-10: 0761859403
• Artikelnr.: 36147733

Autorenporträt

Mohammad Gholi Majd has written widely on the history of Iran in the inter-war period. His books include From Qajar to Pahlavi: Iran, 1919-1930 (University Press of America, 2008); Oil and the Killing of the American Consul in Tehran (University Press of America, 2006); The Great American Plunder of Persia's Antiquities, 1925-1941 (University Press of America, 2003); and Great Britain and Reza Shah: The Plunder of Iran, 1921-1941 (University Press of Florida, 2001). He holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell University and resides in Rockville, Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction & Overview 2. The Façade of "Modern Iran" on the Eve of
World War II 3. "A Review of the Joint British-Soviet Actions Against Iran"
4. Iran's Relations with the Great Powers at the Onset of World War II 5.
Impact of German Victories on the Western Front 6. British Occupation of
Iraq & German Invasion of Russia: Onset of Anglo-Soviet Pressure 7. The
Anglo-Russian Ultimatum 8. British Diplomacy on the Invasion of Iran 9.
Soviet Diplomacy on the Invasion of Iran 10. Iranian Appeals to Washington
11. The Invasion of Iran: "The Eighty-Hour War" 12. Developments in Tehran
& Reza Shah's Crumbling Rule 13. Change of Shahs & Military Occupation of
Tehran 14. Political Developments in Tehran 15. A "New Deal" Index