
Availability
Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
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Central Branch | Non 955.053 And | On loan until: 01/Oct/25 |
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Pittsburgh Branch | Non 955.053 And | On loan until: 06/Oct/25 |
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Title Statement | King of kings: the Iranian revolution : a story of hubris, delusion and catastrophic miscalculation / Scott Anderson. |
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Author | Anderson, Scott, 1959- |
Publication | Toronto, ON: Signal, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart,2025. |
Edition | Hardcover edition. |
Extent of Item | xxiii, 481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates |
ISBN | 9780771026812 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr08090678 |
Contents | The courtier --The queen --A tense, taut little boy --Gold rush --The emperor in his labyrinth --A delightful meeting --The butterfly effect --An unholy alliance --A deceiving peacefulness --A hall of burnt bones --Black friday --A king flying kites --A most dangerous secret --The walls close --A supreme leader in waiting --Option c --"destroying all classified" --Putting on the same boots --A most delicate dance. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "A stunningly revelatory narrative history of one of the most momentous events in modern times, the jaw-dropping stupidity of the American government, and the dawn of the age of religious nationalism"-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Name | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,1919-1980 |
By Location | Iran--Foreign relations--United States |
Iran--History--Revolution, 1979 | |
United States--Foreign relations--Iran |