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All the Shah's Men : An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
All the Shah's Men An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Author: Stephen Kinzer
This is the first full-length account of the CIA's coup d'etat in Iran in 1953—a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written by a noted New York Times journalist, this book is based on documents about the coup (including some lengthy internal CIA reports) that have now been declassified. Stephen Kinzer's compelling...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780471678786
ISBN-10: 0471678783
Publication Date: 8/12/2004
Pages: 272
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Publisher: John Wiley Sons
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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A clear, concise history of 50+ years in US, Iran, and UK relations and the coup that toppled Mossadegh's government, motivated by Britain's need to control Iran's oil supply and the Eisenhower administrations rising fear of potential growing communist influence. You meet the major players: Truman, Mossadegh, Churchill, the Shah, Eisenhower, the Dulles brothers, and Kermit Roosevelt, the grandson of Teddy Roosevelt and a CIA agent, who masterminded the plan. The author then takes you full circle to today when he visits Mossadegh's house at Ahmad Abad, Iran, in 2002 and confronts the confused legacy left to the Iranian people, weighing short term political gains vs. long term consequences.
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In a riveting nattative that reads like a thriller, All the Shah's Men brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran. It was selected as one of the best books of 2003 by the Washing Post and the Economist.


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