In 1953, the Eisenhower administration helped topple Iran's elected prime minister, and placed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on the peacock throne.

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After World War II, according to the book, the younger Schwarzkopf traveled to Iran to be with his father, who was helping advise the training of the country's police force under the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

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Pahlavi has lived in exile since 1979, when his father, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, was overthrown during the Islamic Revolution.

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