Musaddiq and the Struggle for Power in Iran

by Katouzian, Homa

• ISBN13: 9781850432104
• ISBN10: 1850432104
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-03-01
• Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies

Summary

Muhammad Musaddiq was the first of the great charismatic anti-colonial campaigners of the post-war world. As Prime Minister of Iran between 1951 and 1953 he nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, led the nation's defiant attempt to run its oil industry independently during an economic blockade, and attempted to strengthen the role of parliament in Iraq. Mussadiq's crusade led to conflict with powerful foreign interests, and in 1953 the CIA, at British instigation, removed him in a coup d'é tat which restored the Shah's absolute powers.This book is a full-scale biography of Musaddiq which also charts the history of the Popular Movement from Mussadiq's downfall in 1953 to his death in 1967.

Author Biography

Homa Katouzian is a specialist and writer on Iran and is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter. His many publications include the forthcoming State and Society in Iran (I.B. Tauris).

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition	p. ix
Preface to the first edition	p. xviii
From Mirza Mohammad to Dr Musaddiq al-Saltaneh (1882-1914)	p. 1
Academic, administrator and politician	p. 8
Opposition and isolation (1924-41)	p. 22
Occupation and interregnum	p. 39
The first deputy	p. 51
The Supplemental Agreement and the National Front
The Popular Movement and oil nationalization	p. 78
Khalil Maleki and the theory of the Popular Movement of Iran	p. 95
Musaddiq's first government (May 1951-July 1952)	p. 113
Musaddiq's second government (August 1952-August 1953)	p. 126
The oil dispute and non-oil economics	p. 137
Religion and rift in the Movement	p. 156
The ways and means of overthrowing Musaddiq	p. 177
Musaddiq's trials	p. 194
The Popular Movement after the coup	p. 208
The failure of the Second National Front	p. 227
Musaddiq and the Third National Front	p. 240
The Movement and the man	p. 256
Notes	p. 268
Index	p. 295
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