The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United StatesThe Islamic Revolution in 1979 transformed Iranian society and reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East. Four decades later, Darioush Bayandor draws upon heretofore untapped archival evidence to reexamine the complex domestic and international dynamics that led to the Revolution. Beginning with the socioeconomic transformation of the 1960s, this book follows the Shah’s rule through the 1970s, tracing the emergence of opposition movements, the Shah’s blunders and miscalculations, the influence of the post-Vietnam zeitgeist and the role of the Carter administration. The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States offers new revelations about how Iran was thrown into chaos and an ailing ruler lost control, with consequences that still reverberate today. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Nezam Shahanshahi The Shahs Imperial Order | 26 |
Part II The Onset of Revolution | 88 |
Chapter 3 Downslide | 89 |
Chapter 4 The Opposition | 109 |
Chapter 5 Changing Tack 19761977 | 129 |
Part III The Revolution | 143 |
Chapter 10 Appeasement and Recoil | 207 |
Chapter 11 October Countdown | 225 |
Chapter 12 November Countdown | 250 |
Chapter 13 The Military Spell Prime Minister GholamReza Azhari | 271 |
Chapter 14 Carters Quandary | 293 |
Chapter 15 The USSR and the Iranian Revolution | 317 |
Chapter 16 The Dawn of a New Era | 325 |
Chapter 17 The United States Attempt at Dialogue with Ayatollah Khomeini | 347 |
Chapter 6 1977 The Year of all Dangers | 144 |
Chapter 7 The Spark Spring 1978 | 161 |
Chapter 8 Actors Strategies and Structures | 177 |
Chapter 9 The Abadan File | 194 |
Chapter 18 Swansongs | 357 |
Chapter 19 The Collapse | 372 |
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