Iran and the CIA : the fall of Mosaddeq revisited /
"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 chal...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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Summary: | "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. |
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Physical Description: | xvii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780230579279 (hbk.) 0230579272 (hbk.) |