Shah of Shahs (Kapuscinski, 1982)
1978–1979 · Resource
Ryszard Kapuscinski's slim, hallucinatory eyewitness classic on the fall of the Pahlavis — how a terrorised society finds the moment it stops being afraid.
On these timelines: Resources: Combined, Popular history books
Around 1978
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)