Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup d'Etat

ISBN-13: 9781108930888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 213 str.

Ervand (City University of New York) Abrahamian

Opis

Illuminates the influence of the US in internal Iranian politics long before the 1953 coup by examining recently declassified CIA and US State Department documents.

Recenzje

'Ervand Abrahamian, the eminent American historian of Iran, takes a deep dive into newly released documentation about the American role in the countercoup of August 1953 that ousted Prime Minister Mossadeq and restored the Shah to the throne. Understanding of those events remains hotly contested. Abrahamian takes on all the key issues: was it about oil or communism? How large a role did the Americans play? Do these events have any effect on current American relations with Iran? Anyone with an interest in those and other questions will find authoritative and persuasive answers in this deceptively conversational account of a turning point in contemporary Middle East history.' Gary Sick, Columbia University

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. US involvement; 2. US concerns: oil or communism?; 3. Parliamentary politics; 4. The road to the coup; 5. Memory revised.