All the Shah′s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror - Softcover

Kinzer, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471678783 ISBN 13: 9780471678786

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Synopsis

This is the first full–length account of the CIA′s coup d′etat in Iran in 1953 a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written by a noted New York Times journalist, this book is based on documents about the coup (including some lengthy internal CIA reports) that have now been declassified. Stephen Kinzer′s compelling narrative is at once a vital piece of history, a cautionary tale, and a real–life espionage thriller.

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About the Author

Stephen Kinzer is a veteran New York Times foreign correspondent who has reported from more than fifty countries. In 1996, he became the Times’s first Istanbul bureau chief. He is the author of Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds and the coauthor of Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala.

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"A very gripping read . . . a cautionary tale for our current leaders."
The New York Times

In a riveting narrative that reads like a thriller, All the Shah’s Men brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran a regime change that ousted the country’s elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter–century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and anti–Americanism in the Middle East. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and the Economist, it’s essential reading if you want to put the American conquest of Iraq in context.

"An entirely engrossing, often riveting, nearly Homeric tale. . . . For anyone with more than a passing interest in how the United States got into such a pickle in the Middle East, All the Shah’s Men is as good as Grisham."
The Washington Post Book World

"An exciting narrative. [Kinzer] questions whether Americans are well served by interventions for regime change abroad, and he reminds us of the long history of Iranian resistance to great power interventions, as well as the unanticipated consequences of intervention."
Los Angeles Times

"Kinzer’s brisk, vivid account is filled with beguiling details. . . . A helpful reminder of an oft–neglected piece of Middle Eastern history."
The New York Times Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471678783
• ISBN 13: 9780471678786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272