The life and times of the Shah

Preface

Notes on transliteration and translations

Father and son

The father

Father and son

The man

Hard times

Ascending the throne

Azerbaijan

Nationalizing oil

Toward the Abyss

TPAJAX

Securing the realm

A new vista

The white revolution

Women and rights

Mastering oil

Commander-in-chief

Development and dreams

Gas, petrochemicals, and nuclear energy

Revolution and irony

Politics and terror

SAVAK

A celebration and a festival

The Rastakhiz party

The gathering storm

"I heard the message of your revolution"

"Melting like snow"

Exile

Trek to nowhere

The Ayatollah's shadow

Almost bartered

Closing in a dream

Appendix 1 : Iran's prime ministers under the Shah, August 1941-February 1979

Appendix 2 : principles of Iran's white revolution

Appendix 3 : U.S. Ambassadors to Iran, 1941-1979

Brief chronology of the Pahlavi Dynasty.