sine qua non of creating a nationalist government capable of resisting foreign powers. For this very reason, Shuster and his administrative assistants were the direct targets of the Russian invasion of the country in 1911-1912: Shuster's removal from his position at the Treasury was a principal objective of Russian foreign policy. The details of the struggle for power in Tehran are written in a robust, straightforward style. Chapter XI of the Strangling of Persia provides a detailed appraisal of the state of tax collection in Persia, from payment-in-kind to tax farming. The interaction between foreign policy and taxation is particularly well done: rural landowners who didn't like paying their taxes were all too willing to ally with the Russian invaders. Life upon Shuster's return to the U.S. Shuster entered publishing upon his return to the U.S. and became president of Century Publishing in New York. He led the firm, which had been established in 1870, through a merger with D. Appleton & Company in 1933 and F. S. Crofts Co in 1947. By his death in 1960 the firm was known as Appleton-Century-Crofts. His daughter, Miss Carolyn Shuster, made front-page news in The New York Times by attempting to elope, at age 17, with William Redding Morris, then 18. Though the elopement was at first foiled, the couple married a short while later over Shuster's objections. Fiction Chapter XLV, XLVI and XLVII of the historical fiction novel Samarkand, written by French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, revolve around Shuster and the Constitutional Revolution of Iran. See also History of Iran Famous Americans in Iran Persian Constitutional Revolution The Great Game U.S.-Iran relations References Further reading W. Morgan Shuster, The Strangling of Persia, 1st edition, 3rd impression (T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1913).Note: This book can be freely downloaded from Internet Archive. (Digitized by Microsoft Corporation, in collaboration with University of Toronto.) External links American lawyers American publishers (people) American people of German descent American expatriates in Iran American expatriates in the Philippines 1877 births 1960 deaths People of the Persian Constitutional Revolution American male writers