Anderson’s review of ‘King of Kings’ portrays Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as a complex, Shakespearean figure—arrogant yet weak, ambitious for Iran but blind to the unrest among his people, depicting him as “a soft man masquerading as a hard one.” This nuanced characterization highlights the shah’s internal contradictions and the broader implications of his reign in the context of Iranian history.
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