Cover story
General Edmund Ironside: "Britain's specialist on risky military
ventures became commander of British forces in Iran in 1920. He took initiatives
at variance with established British Foreign Office policy and effectively
engineered [Reza Khan's] 1921 coup."
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and the Rise of Reza Shah, by Cyrus Ghani
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