Great Britain and Reza Shah [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Majd, Mohammad Gholi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reza Shah Pahlavi.

Iran--Relations--Great Britain.

Iran.

Great Britain--Relations--Iran.

Great Britain.

Iran--History--Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979.

Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1878-1944.

Local Subjects:

Reza Shah Pahlavi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : UPF, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

''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 secret police.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations ix; List of Tables xi; Acknowledgments xiii; 1. Introduction 1; 2. The British Invasion and the Strangulation of Persia, 1918-1920 21; 3. British Coups d'État: From Reza to Reza Shah Pahlavi, 1921-1925 61; 4. Millspaugh and the American Financial Mission to Persia, 1922-1927 93; 5. Reza Shah Pahlavi: A Study in Brutality and Greed 133; 6. A Reign of Terror and Murder 165; 7. The Massacre in Mashhad 209; 8. The Reign of Terror and Murder Continues 221; 9. Britain and Persian Oil, 1911-1951: Forty Years of Plunder 239

10. The Reserve Fund of the Nation and the Plunder of Iran's Oil Revenues by Reza Shah, 1927-1941 26711. The Purchase of Armaments, 1928-1941 285; 12. The Diversion of Iran's Oil Revenues and Reza Shah's Foreign Bank Accounts 305; 13. The Theft from Iran's Crown Jewels 331; 14. The Foreign Exchange Crisis and the Deteriorating Economy, 1928-1941 341; 15. Iran in 1941 and the Downfall of Reza Shah 365; Notes 387; Bibliography 413; Index 415

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8130-2888-4

OCLC:

57671056