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===''The Unknown Life of the Shah''===
*Lo Scià definì la modernizzazione dell'Iran come il principale obiettivo della sua vita, eppure rifiutava categoricamente di vedere che non ci poteva essere nessuna vera modernizzazione senza democrazia. Spesso accennava alla sua istruzione svizzera come parte delle sue credenziali di democratico profondamente impegnato, ma, allo stesso tempo, era convinto che l'Iran non fosse ancora maturo per la democrazia, e che
:''The Shah described the modernisation of Iran as the principal goal of his life, and yet he adamantly refused to see that there could be no veritable modernisation without democracy. He often referred to his Swiss education as part of his credentials as a profoundly committed democrat, but was, at the same time, convinced that Iran was not yet ripe for democracy, and that it was his duty as "the father of the nation" to save the Iranians from a slothful life of prayer, pilgrimage, small commerce, backward farming and cottage industry. He also wanted to turn Iran into a second Japan, make her one of the five or six major world powers by the end of the century. He regarded himself as the custodian of Iran's grandeur and freedom and in later years he extended his self-proclaimed mission of saving Iran to include the entire world.'' (p. 4)
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