King of Kings

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His latest book, released in August, is “King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation,” which received the 2025 Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction, was long-listed for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Awards and has proven incredibly timely.

From Salon

A revelatory book — a term that is thrown around too often — “King of Kings” charts the rise of Khomeini and the growth of religious nationalism, and offers a warning to the United States, which made shocking blunders and failed to understand the mood of a country that was one of its closest allies.

From Salon

You spent years researching and writing “King of Kings,” which culminates in the shah’s overthrow in 1979.

From Salon

April’s “The King of Kings” made $60 million and is the second-highest-grossing film from the studio following “Sound of Freedom,” which made $184 million.

From Los Angeles Times

“King of Kings” by Scott Anderson and “Chokepoints” by Edward Fishman are fascinating portraits of the fragility of American hegemony.

From The Wall Street Journal