Now joining us from the Hoover Institution on the campus of Stanford University is abbas milani director of arabian studies at stanford and a fellow at the Hoover Institution where he is the codirector of the ivory and democracy project also the author of this book, the shah. When was the shot in power . 1941 and left 1979 and turned over tuesday Ayatollah Khomeini and willingly that i save the revolution was hijacked by the kurds. But his father was pushed of power and in the allied forces occupied iran 1941. The british in the soviets. The allies were worried that the shop was a little too friendly to the nazis. Depending on who you ask 3,000 german experts when the army suffered early defeat in that connected the persian gulf than they could resupply occupying a iran became a central. So let 22 almost reluctantly became the king. Host reluctantly . Guest at that time he was not anticipating this of the virtually occupied country. My sense of it it was not by inclination. Said those
We have really never known what to do with our first ladies and that is particularly true in more recent times. On the one hand they are expecting to have causes. We can imagine a first lady been without a cause. On the other hand those causes are not permitted to intrude upon lawmaking or an official capacity. So its always been a tightrope and seeing how each of these women walk that tightrope tells you would not tells you a lot not only about them but about the institution and about society. The Washington Post company agreed monday to sell its flagship newspaper to amazon. Com founder and chief executive jeffrey these those. Ownership of the paper after four generations. Next week at back at former Washington Post owner the late Katharine Graham discussing her biography, personal history. Cspan author personal history did your children learn anything from this book about you . Guest thats a hard question. Im sure they probably did but i couldnt tell you exact a wife. Cspan all of t
But that tolerance as compared. Host was the everpopular mo popular among the iranian people . Guest i think she was think popular when he came to power. He had a reputation so i think he was popular until about 51 or 52 but then it a very tense relationship developed with the nationalist movement and the fact that he fled and then came back i think that damaged his popularity but after 63 he really began to look at the reform and into the political system all of these make more popular through 73 or 74 but then it got to his head and it abolished the party system and then he began to lose his popularity and then he was sick with cancer. He was diagnosed in 73 and the iranian people never knew he had cancer. Host you write in your book. Host in the chapter called the perfect storm it is hard to pinpoint the moment the coalition eventually overthrew the the shah began to coalesce. President carters humanrights policies had an impact to reinvigorate the dormant democratic movement. Guest
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Her home town of Staten Island. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown demonstrations, clashes with the police, and tear gas in Tahrir Square familiar scenes in egypt nearly two years ago that led to the fall of longtime leader hosni mubark. But today, they were aimed at egypts new leader. In the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president Mohammed Morsis political party, the muslim brotherhood. There and elsewhere in egypt today, the president s