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

by Shaul Bakhash

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755634403
• ISBN13: 9780755634408
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"