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Rent All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Published: Aug 2004
Genre: History - Middle East
Retail Price: $14.95
Pages: 258
Synopsis
In this investigative report, a journalist exposes the role played by the United States, through the CIA, in a coup that overthrew Iran's leader Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953. This coup put in place the Shah, whose hated dictatorship was eventually overthrown in a 1979 coup. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.