Reviews round-up
King of Kings
by Scott Anderson
4 of 4 critics positive
7 reviews: 1 rave, 3 positives; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“Scott Anderson's brilliant account of the fall of the shah”
King of Kings — the 1979 revolution that changed Iran and the world
Positive
Read the review ↗“this riveting history of the Iranian revolution”
King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion, and Catastrophic Miscalculation by Scott Anderson
Positive
Read the review ↗“A clear-eyed account of a difficult, complex man and his self-inflicted fall from grace”
King of Kings by Scott Anderson review – how the last shah of Iran sealed his own fate
Positive
Read the review ↗“an intelligent history of Iran’s development into an Islamic State”
How America let Iran slip into the clutches of fundamentalism
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Is the Iranian Revolution Key to U.S. Missteps in the Middle East? (Published 2025)
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
