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Great Britain and Reza Shah: The Plunder of Iran, 1921-1941
Mohammad Gholi Majd
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Description for Great Britain and Reza Shah: The Plunder of Iran, 1921-1941
paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
Using recently declassified U.S. State Department archives, Mohammad Gholi Majd describes the rampant tyranny and destruction of Iran in the decades between the two world wars in a sensational yet thoroughly scholarly study that will rewrite the political and economic history of the country.
The book begins with the British invasion of Iran in April 1918 and ends with the Anglo-Russian invasion in August 1941. Though historians are aware of the events that ensued, until now they have had no written evidence of the dreadful magnitude of the activities. Majd documents how the British brought to power an obscure ... Read more
Using recently declassified U.S. State Department archives, Mohammad Gholi Majd describes the rampant tyranny and destruction of Iran in the decades between the two world wars in a sensational yet thoroughly scholarly study that will rewrite the political and economic history of the country.
The book begins with the British invasion of Iran in April 1918 and ends with the Anglo-Russian invasion in August 1941. Though historians are aware of the events that ensued, until now they have had no written evidence of the dreadful magnitude of the activities. Majd documents how the British brought to power an obscure ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813037202
SKU
V9780813037202
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About Mohammad Gholi Majd
Mohammad Gholi Majd is the author of Resistance to the Shah: Landowners and Ulama in Iran.
Reviews for Great Britain and Reza Shah: The Plunder of Iran, 1921-1941
A completely fresh interpretation of the 1921-1941 Pahlavi period. . . . Majd has come upon a gold mine of information on this controversial period of Persian history. . . . The details and freshness of the figures are explosive. . . . Even more explosive are the land acquisitions materials and the information on the work of the Shah's ... Read more