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Get the Summary of Scott Anderson's King of Kings in 20 minutes. In 1977, Iran boasted enormous oil wealth, and the Shah seemed indispensable to Washington during the Cold War. Yet barely a year later, he fled the country as a sweeping religious uprising, led by Ayatollah Khomeini, toppled his rule. The devastating revolution and the hostage crisis that followed took the United States by surprise. So how did a superpower with deep intelligence and military ties fail to see this coming? In King of Kings (2025), bestselling author and journalist Scott Anderson recounts this dramatic collapse, showing how Iran's upheaval reshaped global politics and foreshadowed future revolts by religiously fervent masses...