The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States

Darioush Bayandor is a Swiss-Iranian scholar and a former diplomat and United Nations official. He is the author of Iran and the CIA: The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited (Palgrave, 2010).

I. The Pre-Revolution Setting.- 1. A Retrospective.- 2. Nezam Shahanshahi: The Shah's Imperial Order.- II. Onset of the Revolution.- 3. Downslide.- 4.  The Opposition.- 5. Changing Tack (1976-1977).- III. The Revolution.- 6. 1977: The Year of All Dangers.- 7. The Spark (Spring 1978).- 8. Actors, Strategies and Structures.-  9. The Abadan File.- 10. Appeasement and Recoil.- 11. October Countdown.- 12. November Countdown.- 13. The Military Spell: Prime Minister Gholamreza  Azhari.- 14. Carter's Quandry.- 15. The USSR and the Iranian Revolution.- 16. The Dawn of a New Era.- 17. The American Attempt at Dialogue with Ayatollah Khomeini.- 18. Swansongs.- 19. The Collapse.

"Meticulous and comprehensive, this newly released study of the 1979 revolution is a worthy addition to an already copious literature on Iran. ... Bayandor provides a gripping chronicle of the forces that gave rise to a populist revolution and a theocratic post-revolutionary government." (Brookings, brookings.edu, January, 2019)
'"The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States,' offers a fresh perspective on the Shah of Iran's rule and skillfully explains how the historical events that followed continue to shape Iran today. Working with previously untapp archival materials, Bayandor examines the sophisticated and often complex dynamics between domestic and international affairs in Iran." (Kayhan Life, kayhanlife.com, February, 14 , 2019)

“Meticulous and comprehensive, this newly released study of the 1979 revolution is a worthy addition to an already copious literature on Iran. … Bayandor provides a gripping chronicle of the forces that gave rise to a populist revolution and a theocratic post-revolutionary government.” (Brookings, brookings.edu, January, 2019)‘”The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States,’ offers a fresh perspective on the Shah of Iran’s rule and skillfully explains how the historical events that followed continue to shape Iran today. Working with previously untapp archival materials, Bayandor examines the sophisticated and often complex dynamics between domestic and international affairs in Iran.” (Kayhan Life, kayhanlife.com, February, 14 , 2019)