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Book reviews: 'King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution' and 'Gwyneth: The Biography'

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'King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution' by Scott Anderson"It's an event that ranks among the most seminal in history," said Tunku Varadarajan in The Wall Street Journal, and yet the Iranian Revolution of 1978–79 left behind questions that have "tormented historians" ever since. The uprising that toppled the U.S.-backed shah and installed a brutal anti-Western autocratic Islamist regime at the heart of the Middle East unfolded quickly, taking U.S…

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Book reviews: 'King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution' and 'Gwyneth: The Biography'

'King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution' by Scott Anderson"It's an event that ranks among the most seminal in history," said Tunku Varadarajan in The Wall Street Journal, and yet the Iranian Revolution of 1978–79 left behind questions that have "tormented historians" ever since. The uprising that toppled the U.S.-backed shah and installed a brutal anti-Western autocratic Islamist regime at the heart of the Middle East unfolded quickly, taking U.S…

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