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Ali Rahnema's work is a meticulous historical reconstruction of the Iranian coup d'état in 1953 that led to the overthrow of Mohammed Mosaddeq and his government. Mosaddeq's removal from power has probably attracted more attention than any other event occurring during his tenure because of the role of foreign involvement, the political, economic and social impact on Iran, and the long-term impact the ousting had on Iran-US relations. Drawing on American, British and Iranian sources, Rahnema closely examines the four-day period between the first failed coup and the second successful attempt, investigating in fine detail how the two coups were conceptualised, rationalised and executed by players on both the Anglo-American and Iranian sides. Through painstaking research into little-studied sources, Rahnema casts new light on how a small group of highly influential pro-Britain politicians and power brokers revisited the realities on the ground with the CIA operatives dispatched to Iran and how they recalibrated a new, and ultimately successful, operational plan.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Behind the 1953 Coup in Iran
• Subtitle: Thugs, Turncoats, Soldiers, and Spooks
• Author: Ali Rahnema
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348
• EAN: 9781107429758
• ISBN: 1107429757
• ID: 02989270
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 526 g
• Dimensions: 252 × 186 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2016

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