Andrew Scott Cooper

The Fall of Heaven

The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran

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Produktbeschreibung

A 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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St Martin's Press
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 136mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781250304858
• ISBN-10: 1250304857
• Artikelnr.: 50856649

Autorenporträt

Andrew Scott Cooper

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
People
Events of the 1978-1979 Revolution
PART ONE: LOOKING FOR RAIN
Introduction: Back to Cairo
1. The Shah
2. Crown and Kingdom
3. The Old Lion
4. Farah Diba
5. The Ayatollah
6. "Javid Shah!"
7. Royals and Rebels
8. The Camp of Gold Cloth
9. The Pahlavi Progress
10. Emperor of Oil
11. The Turning
12. Thirsty for Martyrdom
13. Last Days of Pompeii
PART TWO: FAREWELL THE SHAH
14. Lights over Niavaran
15. The Caravan Passes
16. Five Days in May
17. Into the Storm
18. Ramadan Rising
19. The Great Terror
20. Black Friday
21. State of Siege
22. Tehran Is Burning
23. Sullivan's Folly
24. Swept Away
25. Flight of the Eagle
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index