Author Gholam Reza Afkhami discusses the first major biography of Mohammad Reza Shah in 25 years.
Speakers:
Gholam Reza Afkhami
Author, Senior Scholar at the Foundation for Iranian Studies; with
John Limbert
Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, United States Naval Academy; and
Shaul Bakhash
Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University.
The first major biography of Mohammad Reza Shah, the last Iranian monarch, in twenty-five years, this insider’s account depicts the unfolding of the shah’s life against the forces and events that shaped the development of modern Iran. New perspectives on key events in Iranian history, including the 1979 revolution, U.S.-Iran relations and Iran’s nuclear program, shed new light on what drives political and cultural currents in a country at the heart of today’s most perplexing geopolitical dilemmas.
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