All the Shah's Men
An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
by Stephen Kinzer
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"Half a century ago, the United States overthrew a Middle Eastern government for the first time. The victim was Mohammad Mossadegh, the democratically elected prime minister of Iran. Although the coup seemed a success at first, today it serves as a chilling lesson about the dangers of foreign intervention." "In this book, veteran New York Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer gives the first full account of this fateful operation. His account is centered around an hour-by-hour reconstruction of the events of August 1953, and concludes with an assessment of the coup's "haunting and terrible legacy.""--Jacket.
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Politics and government, Relations, Nonfiction, History, Foreign relations, 15.75 history of Asia, International relations, Putsch, Außenpolitik, Staatsgrepen, CIA, Terrorism, United States of America, Iran, Coups, Iran, history, United states, foreign relations, iran, Espionage, United states, central intelligence agency, Iran, politics and governmentPlaces
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July 18, 2003, Wiley, John Wiley & Sons
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2003, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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"Most of Tehran was asleep when an odd caravan set out through the darkness shortly before midnight on August 15, 1953."
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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 narrative is at once a vital piece of history, a cautionary tale, and a real-life espionage thriller.
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