false 59661 20 In <b>Shah of Shahs</b> Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into "a second America in a generation," only to be toppled virtually overnight. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution.<br><br>Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. 58070 1982 Shah of Shahs total:288|5:133|4:112|3:34|2:9|1:0| 288 1233 479 39 5 0 false false Tue Sep 29 18:52:33 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 18:51:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jul 05 17:50:18 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 18:02:33 -0700 2007
I found this book so engrossing that I missed my bus stop one morning by about half a mile.

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