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Great Britain and Reza Shah - The Plunder of Iran, 1921-1941 (Paperback)
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Great Britain and Reza Shah - The Plunder of Iran, 1921-1941 (Paperback)
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Using recently declassified U.S. State Department archives,
Mohammad Gholi Majd describes the rampant tyranny and destruction
of Iran in the decades between the two world wars in a sensational
yet thoroughly scholarly study that will rewrite the political and
economic history of the country. The book begins with the British
invasion of Iran in April 1918 and ends with the Anglo-Russian
invasion in August 1941. Though historians are aware of the events
that ensued, until now they have had no written evidence of the
dreadful magnitude of the activities. Majd documents how the
British brought to power an obscure and semi-illiterate military
officer, Reza Khan, who was made shah in 1925. Thereafter, Majd
shows, Iran was subjected to a level of brutality not seen for
centuries. He also documents the financial plunder of the country
during the period: records show that Reza Shah looted the bulk of
Iran's oil revenues on the pretext of buying arms, amassing at
least $100 million in his London bank accounts and huge sums in New
York and Switzerland. Not even Iran's ancient crown jewels were
spared. In contrast to incomplete and unreliable British records
for the period, the recently declassified archives and bank records
that Majd uses encompass a wide range of political, social,
military, and economic matters. A work with immense implications,
this book will correct the myth in Iranian history that the period
1921-41 was one of unqualified progress and reform.
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