Ray Takeyh is the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former State Department official. He lives in Washington, DC.
"An original interpretation that puts Iranian actors where they
belong: at center stage."—Michael Doran, Wall Street Journal
“An extraordinary account...Takeyh delivers a deeply nuanced and
eloquent history of the shah.”—Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem
Post
“A timely offering...The narrative that emerges is woven together
using a wealth of primary and secondary sources.”—Kevjn Lim, Israel
Journal of Foreign Affairs
“A sober, fair-minded assessment, enabled by perspectives afforded
by both the passage of time and increasingly accessible
archives.”—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs
"Books on twentieth century Iran abound, but none deliver the
substance or the insight that Ray Takeyh does. For the clearest
view of Iran for the last 100 years, this book is it."—Marvin
Zonis, author of Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah
“Ray Takeyh’s astute and provocative study of the last Shah of Iran
sheds new light on the Cold-War foreign policy of the United
States, the impact of individual personalities on the course of
history, and the causes of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, with
which the world has now had to live for more than four
decades.”—Michael Mandelbaum, author of The Rise and Fall of Peace
on Earth
“Ray Takeyh has compellingly written the prequel to the Islamic
Republic of Iran’s forty-year confrontation with the United
States. He tells this fascinating story with unmatched
perspicacity and insight all while restoring the agency of Iranian
participants in this frequently tragic tale. Anyone who wants
to understand the current impasse with Iran will have to come to
grips with the arguments he makes and the issues he
illuminates.”—Eric Edelman, former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2005-2009
“In The Last Shah Takeyh sets the record straight on the history of
US-Iran relations.”—Hussain Abdul-Hussain
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