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9781620970867 English 1620970864 In August 1953, the CIA orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran s democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next twenty-six years, the United States backed the unpopular, authoritarian shah and his secret police; in exchange, it reaped a huge share of Iran s oil wealth. The blowback was inevitable, as this relevant, readable ("Kirkus Reviews") history by noted Iran scholar Ervand Abrahamian shows. When the 1979 Iranian Revolution deposed the shah and replaced his puppet government with a radical Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the shift reverberated throughout the Middle East and the world, casting a long, dark shadow over U.S.-Iran relations that extends to the present day. In this well-documented account that] will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East ("Choice"), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations of the coup. Offering new insights into his history-shattering event ("Reason.com"), his riveting account transforms America s understanding of a crucial turning point in modern U.S.-Iran relations.", In August 1953, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran's democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next twenty-six years, the United States backed the unpopular, authoritarian shah and his secret police; in exchange, it reaped a huge share of Iran's oil wealth. The blowback was inevitable, as this "relevant, readable" ( Kirkus Reviews ) history by noted Iran scholar Ervand Abrahamian shows. When the 1979 Iranian Revolution deposed the shah and replaced his puppet government with a radical Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the shift reverberated throughout the Middle East and the world, casting a long, dark shadow over U.S.-Iran relations that extends to the present day. In this "well-documented account [that] will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East" ( Choice ), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations and also sheds new light on how the American role in the coup influenced U.S.-Iranian relations, both past and present. Offering "new insights into his history-shattering event" ( Reason.com ), Abrahamian's riveting account will change America's understanding of a crucial turning point in modern U.S.-Iranian relations., In this well-documented account 'thatã will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East' (Choice), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations of the 1953 Iranian governmental coup. Offering 'new insights into his history-shattering event' (Reason.com), his riveting account transforms America's understanding of a crucial turning point in modern U.S. - Iranian relations.', In this well-documented account [that] will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East' (Choice), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations of the 1953 Iranian governmental coup. Offering 'new insights into his history-shattering event' (Reason.com), his riveting account transforms America's understanding of a crucial turning point in modern U.S. - Iranian relations.', The court of 1953 in Iran has cast a long shadow over U.S.-Iran rotations-so much so that the two countries have been described as "eternal enemies," Selected a Choice "Outstanding Academic Title" Ervand Abraharnian's The Coup is a deep and powerful retelling of the pivotal conflict that overthrew Iran" highly popular democratically elected leader and paved the way for autocratic rule. Drawing on new information from British Petroleum, the Foreign Office, and the State Department, as well as Iranian memoirs and published interviews, The Coup challenges the conventional interpretation that places events in the context of the Cold War. For Abrahamian, this is instead a story of North-South relations-between the First and Third Worlds, between oil consuming and oil producing countries, between imperial powers and emerging nation states. He argues that the coup was prompted not so much by Iran's intransigence and rejection of an American compromise as by the refusal of both the UK and the United States to accept the reality of oil nationalization in the early 1950s. The coup not only created in Iran a deep distrust of the United States and increased the already intense distrust of the British Empire but also tarred the monarchy with the imperial brush, thereby helping to pave the way for the Islamic Revolution of 1979. An "absorbing" {Harper's) and expertly crafted treatment of an essential moment in international relations, The Coup sheds valuable light on our troubled relationship with Iran. Book jacket.
9781620970867 English 1620970864 In August 1953, the CIA orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran s democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next twenty-six years, the United States backed the unpopular, authoritarian shah and his secret police; in exchange, it reaped a huge share of Iran s oil wealth. The blowback was inevitable, as this relevant, readable ("Kirkus Reviews") history by noted Iran scholar Ervand Abrahamian shows. When the 1979 Iranian Revolution deposed the shah and replaced his puppet government with a radical Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the shift reverberated throughout the Middle East and the world, casting a long, dark shadow over U.S.-Iran relations that extends to the present day. In this well-documented account that] will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East ("Choice"), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations of the coup. Offering new insights into his history-shattering event ("Reason.com"), his riveting account transforms America s understanding of a crucial turning point in modern U.S.-Iran relations.", In August 1953, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran's democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next twenty-six years, the United States backed the unpopular, authoritarian shah and his secret police; in exchange, it reaped a huge share of Iran's oil wealth. The blowback was inevitable, as this "relevant, readable" ( Kirkus Reviews ) history by noted Iran scholar Ervand Abrahamian shows. When the 1979 Iranian Revolution deposed the shah and replaced his puppet government with a radical Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the shift reverberated throughout the Middle East and the world, casting a long, dark shadow over U.S.-Iran relations that extends to the present day. In this "well-documented account [that] will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East" ( Choice ), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations and also sheds new light on how the American role in the coup influenced U.S.-Iranian relations, both past and present. Offering "new insights into his history-shattering event" ( Reason.com ), Abrahamian's riveting account will change America's understanding of a crucial turning point in modern U.S.-Iranian relations., In this well-documented account 'thatã will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East' (Choice), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations of the 1953 Iranian governmental coup. Offering 'new insights into his history-shattering event' (Reason.com), his riveting account transforms America's understanding of a crucial turning point in modern U.S. - Iranian relations.', In this well-documented account [that] will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East' (Choice), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations of the 1953 Iranian governmental coup. Offering 'new insights into his history-shattering event' (Reason.com), his riveting account transforms America's understanding of a crucial turning point in modern U.S. - Iranian relations.', The court of 1953 in Iran has cast a long shadow over U.S.-Iran rotations-so much so that the two countries have been described as "eternal enemies," Selected a Choice "Outstanding Academic Title" Ervand Abraharnian's The Coup is a deep and powerful retelling of the pivotal conflict that overthrew Iran" highly popular democratically elected leader and paved the way for autocratic rule. Drawing on new information from British Petroleum, the Foreign Office, and the State Department, as well as Iranian memoirs and published interviews, The Coup challenges the conventional interpretation that places events in the context of the Cold War. For Abrahamian, this is instead a story of North-South relations-between the First and Third Worlds, between oil consuming and oil producing countries, between imperial powers and emerging nation states. He argues that the coup was prompted not so much by Iran's intransigence and rejection of an American compromise as by the refusal of both the UK and the United States to accept the reality of oil nationalization in the early 1950s. The coup not only created in Iran a deep distrust of the United States and increased the already intense distrust of the British Empire but also tarred the monarchy with the imperial brush, thereby helping to pave the way for the Islamic Revolution of 1979. An "absorbing" {Harper's) and expertly crafted treatment of an essential moment in international relations, The Coup sheds valuable light on our troubled relationship with Iran. Book jacket.