Blood & Oil: A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah Paperback - 2005
by Manucher Farmanfarmaian; Roxane Farmanfarmaian
A riveting saga of court intrigue and superpower manipulation, this stunning memoir, beautifully written and epic in scope, tells the dramatic inside story of Caspian oil and the rich, tumultuous history of 20th-century Iran.
From the rear cover
Born into Iran's most powerful aristocratic family - so feared by Khomeini that the entire clan was blacklisted - Prince Manucher was raised in a vast harem with his thirty-five brothers and sisters, one of whom married the head of Iran's communist party, while another, who was once foreign minister, lost his life to the upstart Shah's jealousy. Farmanfarmaian was the primary government negotiator with the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company until its convulsive nationalization by his cousin Mossedeq in 1951. Later, as a director of the National Iranian Oil Company, he pioneered - against the Shah's wishes - the partnership that resulted in OPEC. This is the first account by one of OPEC's original crafters of the politics and intrigue surrounding the international development of the oil industry. With the flair of a modern-day Arabian Nights, Blood and Oil brilliantly renders the tensions between the excesses of the ancien regime and Iran's increasingly reactionary religious establishment. Prince Manucher's close relationships with everyone from the last Shah to the teary-eyed Mossadeq allow him to provide a fresh portrait of the Pahlavi reign and the revolution that brought it down. But the real revelation in these pages is his new perspective on British oil imperialism, and its brutal effect on twentieth-century history.
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- Title Blood & Oil: A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
- Author Manucher Farmanfarmaian; Roxane Farmanfarmaian
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Illustrated.
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Trade, NY USA
- Date December 13, 2005
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780812975086 / 0812975081
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 8.12 x 5.26 x 1.26 in (20.62 x 13.36 x 3.20 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects Iran - Politics and government - 1925-1979, Farmanfarmaiyan, Manuchihr
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005046455
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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