desertcart.in - Buy The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran book online at best prices in India on desertcart.in. Read The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran book reviews & author details and more at desertcart.in. Free delivery on qualified orders. Review: An excellent look at the politics, finances & cultural world of Iran leading to the Shah's overthrow - A well written, thoroughly researched biography of the Shah of Iran, focusing on his character, the increasingly volatile political/religious landscape, and the flow of events which led to his fall from power. To someone who's not an expert in Modern Iranian History, this book is very educational and seems to be a rather evenhanded, fair assessment of both the personal strengths and weaknesses within the Shah himself, his family members, and his many subordinates. It looks like the author, a New Zealander, made a sincere effort to impartially describe the good done by the Shah while in power, what he failed to do, and the deplorable corruption to which he too often turned a blind eye during his long reign. For English speakers, The Fall of Heaven is very readable. It's a fascinating unveiling of facts long classified and obfuscated by countless players involved on all sides. For someone who bewilderedly observed from afar the relentless unravelling of the Pahlavi dynasty and its rapid replacement by the maniacally fanatic regime of the Ayatollahs, reading this book is one of the great "aha, so that's what was going on" moments in life. The Fall of Heaven sheds much light on a long-obscure, seemingly unfathomable conflict that had an extremely unexpected outcome which still painfully beleaguers the world today. Review: entretenida e interesante . - Excelente lectura muy recomendado.
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An excellent look at the politics, finances & cultural world of Iran leading to the Shah's overthrow
A well written, thoroughly researched biography of the Shah of Iran, focusing on his character, the increasingly volatile political/religious landscape, and the flow of events which led to his fall from power. To someone who's not an expert in Modern Iranian History, this book is very educational and seems to be a rather evenhanded, fair assessment of both the personal strengths and weaknesses within the Shah himself, his family members, and his many subordinates. It looks like the author, a New Zealander, made a sincere effort to impartially describe the good done by the Shah while in power, what he failed to do, and the deplorable corruption to which he too often turned a blind eye during his long reign. For English speakers, The Fall of Heaven is very readable. It's a fascinating unveiling of facts long classified and obfuscated by countless players involved on all sides. For someone who bewilderedly observed from afar the relentless unravelling of the Pahlavi dynasty and its rapid replacement by the maniacally fanatic regime of the Ayatollahs, reading this book is one of the great "aha, so that's what was going on" moments in life. The Fall of Heaven sheds much light on a long-obscure, seemingly unfathomable conflict that had an extremely unexpected outcome which still painfully beleaguers the world today.
M**O
entretenida e interesante .
Excelente lectura muy recomendado.
I**I
An extremely interesting book
A first class book which more than any other written recently about Iran, describes the turns and twists of the Islamic Revolution.
M**M
A good read
A very good read about the life of achievements of shah of Iran and the subsequent fall of the shah and the monarchy in Iran due to the revolution.
A**R
Absolute recommendation
Five Stars. Highly recommended for everyone interested in an exciting, well written and well researched book, that gives you a different and deeper view of the events, especially the last few years of Imperial Iran. But as the author says, that's just the beginning of serious research and an additional mosaic to understand what actually happened.
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