All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
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In a cloak-and-dagger story of spies, saboteurs, and secret agents, Kinzer reveals the involvement of Eisenhower, Churchill, Kermit Roosevelt, and the CIA in Operation Ajax, which restored Mohammad Reza Shah to power. Reza imposed a tyranny that ultimately sparked the Islamic Revolution of 1979 which, in turn, inspired fundamentalists throughout the Muslim world, including the Taliban and terrorists who thrived under its protection. The Los Angeles Times Fifty years ago, the CIA overthrew Mohammad Mossadegh, the popular, democratically elected prime minister of Iran, and reinstalled the country's exiled monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah. In All the Shah's Men, Stephen Kinzer, a longtime New York Times correspondent, covers this event in an exciting narrative. He 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. — Nikki R. Keddie
PrefaceixAcknowledgmentsxiNotes on Usagexiii1.Good Evening, Mr. Roosevelt12.Curse This Fate173.The Last Drop of the Nation's Blood304.A Wave of Oil475.His Master's Orders626.Unseen Enemies Everywhere837.You Do Not Know How Evil They Are1028.An Immensely Shrewd Old Man1199.Block Headed British13410.Pull Up Your Socks and Get Going15011.I Knew It! They Love Me!16712.Purring Like a Giant Cat193Epilogue216Notes229Bibliography244Index250
