All the Shah's Men An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

Name: All the Shah's Men An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
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ISBN: 9780471678786

ISBN-10: 0471678783

ISBN-13: 9780471678786

Edition: 2003

Authors: Stephen Kinzer

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"A very gripping read . . . a cautionary tale for our current leaders."--The New York TimesIn a riveting narrative that reads like a thriller, All the Shahs Men brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran--a regime change that ousted the countrys elected prime minister, ushered in a quartercentury of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and antiAmericanism in the Middle East. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and the Economist, its essential reading if you want to put the American conquest of Iraq in context. "An entirely engrossing, often riveting, nearly Homeric tale. . . . For anyone with more than a passing…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/12/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Stephen Kinzer is a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Notes on Usage


Good Evening, Mr. Roosevelt


Curse This Fate


The Last Drop of the Nation's Blood


A Wave of Oil


His Master's Orders


Unseen Enemies Everywhere


You Do Not Know How Evil They Are


An Immensely Shrewd Old Man


Block Headed British


Pull Up Your Socks and Get Going


I Knew It! They Love Me!


Purring Like a Giant Cat


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index