This book is a study of regime change in an underdeveloped country with a weak state and strong autonomous social organizations. Regime change is in many countries a traumatic and disruptive experience, but few countries have paid as high a cost to retain traditionally accepted relationships of authority as has Afghanistan since the communist coup
The Rise and Fall of the Shah provides an in-depth political and historical analysis of Iran under the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi from 1941 until his overthrow in 1979. Amin Saikal examines the Shah’s consolidation of power, the role of foreign influence, economic and social reforms, and the political tensions that ultimately contributed to the collapse of his regime. The book offers …