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Shah of shahs Ryszard Kapuściński ; translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Polish Publication details: New York : Penguin 1986, c1985.Edition: 2006Description: 152 p 21/13/0,9 cm PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780141188041
Other title:
  • Szachinszach (pol)
  • Schah-in-schah (ger)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 955/.053 19
LOC classification:
  • DS318 .K31513 1986
Summary: In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into "a second America in a generation," only to be toppled virtually overnight. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution. Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand
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Books Books GESM Library Main Library English Non-Fiction Adolescent-Adult ENA 955 KAP Available New E2500460

with an Introduction by Christophe de Bellaigue

In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into "a second America in a generation," only to be toppled virtually overnight. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution. Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand

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