Iran and the CIA
Subtitle: the fall of Mosaddeq revisited
By: Darioush Bayandor.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230579279
Subjects: Mosaddeq, Mohammad, -- 1880-1967; United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century; Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Iran -- History -- 20th century; Iran -- History -- Coup d'état, 1953; Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941-1979; United States -- Relations -- Iran; Iran -- Relations -- United States
Description: "In the early 1950s, frail septuagenarian prime minister of Iran, Doctor Mohammad Mosaddeq, shook the world by challenging Britain by nationalizing Iran's British-run oil industries. In August of 1953, he was overthrown. Revisiting these events with astonishing new evidence, this book challenges the conventionally-held theory of foul play by the CIA"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The advent of Mosaddeq and the oil crisis; title: Mosaddeq's second government, July 1952- August 1953; title: The downslide; title: The downfall; title: Anatomy of August 19; title: Where did the spark come from?