Reviews
"Contains mountains of information on many subjects that have received little attention, including the shah’s peculiar mania for land acquisition; the extreme brutality, including mass population transfers, of the tribal policies; and the reign of terror launched by the regime in the early 1930s."
--International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
"A very persuasive interpretation of modern Iranian history. A major contribution to the history of the period. Important documents are brought to light and analyzed for the first time and there are interesting insights into the relationship between the United States and the Shah's governments which shows just how influential the Americans were. Ultimately, as Mohammad Gholi Majd asserts, Shah was to secure a victory with his land reform but to sow the seeds that resulted in him losing the war with Islamic revolution."
--Journal of Development Studes
"Majd makes a significant contribution to the study of Reza Shah's Iran."
--The Middle East Journal