Bayandor, Darioush, 1939-

Iran and the CIA : the fall of Mosaddeq revisited / Darioush Bayandor. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xvii, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-237) and index.

The advent of Mosaddeq and the oil crisis -- Mosaddeq's second government, July 1952- August 1953 -- The downslide -- The downfall -- Anatomy of August 19 -- Where did the spark come from?

"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.

9780230579279

2009044511


Mosaddeq, Mohammad, 1880-1967.


United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History--20th century.


Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--History--Iran--20th century.


Iran--History--Coup d'état, 1953.
Iran--Politics and government--1941-1979.
United States--Relations--Iran.
Iran--Relations--United States.

DS316.6 / .B386 2010

955.05/3