CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

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DEDICATION

PEOPLE

EVENTS OF THE 1978–1979 REVOLUTION

MAP

PART ONE

LOOKING FOR RAIN

INTRODUCTION

1. THE SHAH

2. CROWN AND KINGDOM

3. THE OLD LION

4. FARAH DIBA

5. THE AYATOLLAH

6. “JAVID SHAH!”

7. ROYALS AND REBELS

8. THE CAMP OF GOLD CLOTH

9. THE PAHLAVI PROGRESS

10. EMPEROR OF OIL

11. THE TURNING

12. THIRSTY FOR MARTYRDOM

13. LAST DAYS OF POMPEII

PART TWO

FAREWELL THE SHAH

14. LIGHTS OVER NIAVARAN

15. THE CARAVAN PASSES

16. FIVE DAYS IN MAY

17. INTO THE STORM

18. RAMADAN RISING

19. THE GREAT TERROR

20. BLACK FRIDAY

21. STATE OF SIEGE

22. TEHRAN IS BURNING

23. SULLIVAN’S FOLLY

24. SWEPT AWAY

25. FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

PHOTOS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ALSO BY ANDREW SCOTT COOPER

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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