All the Shah's Men : An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

by Kinzer, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780470185490
• ISBN10: 047018549X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-02
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country's elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and anti-Americanism in the Middle East. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and The Economist, it now features a new preface by the author on the folly of attacking Iran.

Author Biography

Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has worked in more than fifty countries. He has been New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul, Berlin, and Managua, Nicaragua. His books include Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq and Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2008 Edition: The Folly of Attacking Iran	p. ix
Preface	p. xxv
Acknowledgments	p. xxvii
Notes on Usage	p. xxix
Good Evening, Mr. Roosevelt	p. 1
Curse This Fate	p. 17
The Last Drop of the Nation's Blood	p. 30
A Wave of Oil	p. 47
His Master's Orders	p. 62
Unseen Enemies Everywhere	p. 83
You Do Not Know How Evil They Are	p. 102
An Immensely Shrewd Old Man	p. 119
Block Headed British	p. 134
Pull Up Your Socks and Get Going	p. 150
I Knew It! They Love Me!	p. 167
Purring Like a Giant Cat	p. 193
Epilogue	p. 216
Notes	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 244
Index	p. 250
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