TY - BOOK AU - Afkhami,Gholam Reza TI - The life and times of the Shah SN - 9780520253285 U1 - 955.053 PY - 2009/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Iran KW - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980 KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-678) and index; Father and son. The father ; Father and son ; The man -- Hard times. Ascending the throne ; Azerbaijan ; Nationalizing oil ; Toward the Abyss ; TPAJAX -- Securing the realm. A new vista ; The white revolution ; Women and rights ; Mastering oil ; Commander-in-chief ; Development and dreams ; Gas, petrochemicals, and nuclear energy -- Revolution and irony. Politics and terror ; Savak ; A celebration and a festival ; The Rastakhiz party ; The gathering storm ; "I heard the message of your revolution" ; "Melting like snow" -- Exile. Trek to nowhere ; The Ayatollah's shadow ; Almost bartered ; Closing in a dream -- Appendix 1. Iran's Prime Ministers under the Shah, August 1941-February 1979 -- Appendix 2. Principles of Iran's white revolution -- Appendix 3. U.S. Ambassadors to Iran, 1941-1979 ER -