附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-414) and index.
List of Illustrations ix; List of Tables xi; Acknowledgments xiii; 1. Introduction 1; 2. The British Invasion and the Strangulation of Persia, 1918-1920 21; 3. British Coups d'État: From Reza to Reza Shah Pahlavi, 1921-1925 61; 4. Millspaugh and the American Financial Mission to Persia, 1922-1927 93; 5. Reza Shah Pahlavi: A Study in Brutality and Greed 133; 6. A Reign of Terror and Murder 165; 7. The Massacre in Mashhad 209; 8. The Reign of Terror and Murder Continues 221; 9. Britain and Persian Oil, 1911-1951: Forty Years of Plunder 239.
摘要:''A completely fresh interpretation of the 1921-1941 Pahlavi period. ... Majd has come upon a gold mine of information on this controversial period of Persian history. ... The details and freshness of the figures are explosive. ... Even more explosive are the land acquisitions materials and the information on the work of the Shah's secret police.