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I. B. Tauris & Company The Fall of Reza Shah: The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran’s Founder

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Product Description Reza Shah’s authoritarian and modernising reign transformed Iran, but his rule and Iran’s independence ended in ignominy in 1941. In this book, Shaul Bakhash tells the full story of the Anglo-Soviet invasion which led to his forced abdication, drawing upon previously unused sources to reveal for the first time that the British briefly, but seriously, toyed with the idea of doing away altogether with the ruling Pahlavis and considered reinstalling on the throne a little-regretted previous dynasty. Bakhash charts Reza Shah’s final journey through Iran and into his unhappy exile; his life in exile, his reminiscences; his testy relationship with the British in Mauritius and Johannesburg; and the circumstances of his death. Additionally, it reveals the immense fortune Reza Shah amassed during his years in power, his finances in exile, and the drawn-out dispute over the settlement of his estate after his death. A significant contribution to the literature on Reza Shah and British imperialism as it played out in the case of one critical country during World War II, the book reveals the fraught relationship between a once powerful ruler in his final days and the British government at a critical moment in recent history. Review Shaul Bakhash has masterfully uncovered the fascinating saga of Reza Shah's final years--the British decision to force his abdication, their toying with the idea of restoring the Qajars, his exile first in Mauritius and then in Johannesburg, his household difficulties with troublesome children, the problem of being "non-white" in South Africa, and finally the tax disputes over his estate. The book is meticulously well researched in addition to being lively, succinct, and a good read.Shaul Bakhash's study is an objective, masterful and beautifully written account of the last years life of one of the architects of modernisation in the Middle East. Meanwhile, with great skill Bakhash depicts the practice of great powers in the realm of the international relations, assaulting the sovereignty of small nations when their own interests come first. A timely look at the world today coming out of the Cold War. About the Author Shaul Bakhash is Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History at George Mason Univeristy, USA. He is the author of Iran: Monarchy, Bureaucracy and Reform Under the Qajars, 1858-1896 (1978); The Politics of Oil and Revolution in Iran (2010); and Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution (1990). His articles have appeared in numerous scholarly journals and books, as well as in the New York Review of Books, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers.

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The Fall of Reza Shah: The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran’s Founder

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Brand: I. B. Tauris & Company
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0755634403
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical > Countries & Regions > Middle East
Domain: Amazon UK
Publication Date: 28 January 2021
Listed Since: 20 July 2020

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