All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Hardcover)

from inasrullah64

A fantastic book that every American should read if they want to understand the origins of US-Iranian animosity. There are important lessons in this book that most Americans will blithely ignore and chalk it up to liberal thinking. But the evidence speaks for itself - res ipsa loquiter

from daschaich

Short but good: Journalist Stephen Kinzer provides in "All the Shah's Men" a short history of the CIA-organized 1953 coup that overthrew Mohammed Mossadegh, the democratically-elected but controversial Prime Minister of Iran. Kinzer writes in a very engaging, fast-moving manner, making his book s...

from daschaich

Short but good: Journalist Stephen Kinzer provides in "All the Shah's Men" a short history of the CIA-organized 1953 coup that overthrew Mohammed Mossadegh, the democratically-elected but controversial Prime Minister of Iran. Kinzer writes in a very engaging, fast-moving manner, making his book s...

from washingtonian

All the Shah's Men provides a detailed account of the Iranian political climate in the late 1940s and early 1950s, as well as a broader summary of its earlier history. The circumstances leading to U.S. involvement in what began as a dispute between Iran and Great Britain are also given thorough a...

from erikschreppel

History for me is exciting and interesting. History books can be a shaky proposition, a lot are boring and dull. They read like a brochure for watching grass grow. But some history writers can really translate the power of history into a great story. Stephen Kinzer is one of those writers. All th...