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All the Shah's Men (Library Edition): 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 - Library Edition Author:Stephen Kinzer In a cloak-and-dagger story of spies, saboteurs, and secret agents, Kinzer reveals the involvement of Eisenhower, Churchill, Kermit Roosevelt, and the CIA in Operation Ajax, which restored Mohammad Reza Shah to power. Reza imposed a tyranny that ultimately sparked the Islamic Revolution of 1979 which, in turn, inspired fundamentalists throughout... more » the Muslim world, including the Taliban and terrorists who thrived under its protection.« less