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The Shah's Last Ride (Paperback)

by William Shawcross (Author) "January 16, 1979, Mehrabad Airport, Teheran..." (more)
Key Phrases: subphrenic abscess, United States, New York, Reza Shah (more...)

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Touchstone (October 15, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 067168745X
ISBN-13: 978-0671687458
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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January 16, 1979, Mehrabad Airport, Teheran. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
subphrenic abscess

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United States, New York, Reza Shah, State Department, White House, Princess Ashraf, Henry Kissinger, Robert Armao, Jimmy Carter, Mohammed Reza, President Carter, Garcia de Paredes, Ambler Moss, David Rockefeller, Middle East, Mark Morse, Panama City, Charlie Garcia, Ben Kean, Crown Prince, White Revolution, Colonel Jahanbini, Gabriel Lewis, Georges Flandrin, Richard Nixon

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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, balanced account, October 12, 2004

By	jmm "jmm1103" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Shawcross is an excellent observer and journalist of international politics. His account of the Shah's final days is balanced, interesting, and clearly written. While it does provide considerable background on the recent (as of the book's publication) and longer-term history of Iran, that truly is background. Issues like the Ayatollah Khomeini's consolidation of power, and the hostage crisis, are treated only peripherally to the extent they are relevant to the strange odyssey on which the Shah embarked. There is, for example, for more information about the "political" bickering among the many physcians retained to treat the Shah's cancer than about American and international efforts to obtain the release of the hostages.
If you are looking for a book that provides a detailed analysis of the rise of the Iranian theocracy or the hostage crisis, I'm sure there are better-suited books out there. Taken on its terms, however, Shawcross' book is excellent.

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