The Coup: 1953, the Cia, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations by Ervand Abrahamian

The Coup: 1953, the Cia, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations

Ervand Abrahamian

304 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
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In August 1953, the CIA orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran's democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next twenty-six years, the United States backed the unpopular, authoritarian shah and ...

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