plaidtattoos t1_iqmqvx1 wrote on October 1, 2022 at 3:03 PM

Can anyone recommend a good book on the overthrow of the Shah in Iran? I know pretty much nothing about the time period, except for watching the HBO documentary.

sourcreamus t1_iqpfwe1 wrote on October 2, 2022 at 3:18 AM

The fall of heaven by Andrew Cooper

bangdazap t1_iqnmnv1 wrote on October 1, 2022 at 6:49 PM

Stephen Kinzer- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

PhilHeller t1_ir6k1cv wrote on October 5, 2022 at 6:24 PM

It is not exactly history because Ryszard Kapuściński was a journalist but this book is a beautiful meditation on the collapse of the Shah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_of_Shahs_(book)