TY - BOOK AU - Bayandor,Darioush TI - Iran and the CIA: the fall of Mosaddeq revisited SN - 9780230579279 AV - DS316.6 .B386 2010 U1 - 955.05/3 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Mosaddeq, Mohammad, KW - United States KW - Central Intelligence Agency KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Political aspects KW - Iran KW - Coup d'état, 1953 KW - Politics and government KW - 1941-1979 KW - Relations N1 - 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? N2 - "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 ER -