Good history of the combined operations of the government and the oil industry to suborn and overthrow governments

Good history of the combined operations of the government and the oil industry to suborn and overthrow governments  Read Less

Well written book and eye opening on the modern history of the middle east and the usa involvement

Well written book and eye opening on the modern history of the middle east and the usa involvement  Read Less

It is eye opening and disgusting how politics work and how americans and brits for centuries have manipulated other nations ele...  Read More

It is eye opening and disgusting how politics work and how americans and brits for centuries have manipulated other nations elections and government and exploited them  Read Less

” the blowback from the ouster of mossadegh may have been slow in coming but it’s been with us now for over thirty years

” the blowback from the ouster of mossadegh may have been slow in coming but it’s been with us now for over thirty years  Read Less

I learned a great deal from it

I learned a great deal from it  Read Less

The world has paid a heavy price for the lack of democracy in most of the middle east

The world has paid a heavy price for the lack of democracy in most of the middle east  Read Less

Yet for as little as 100000 placed in just the right hands clandestine operatives led by teddy roosevelt’s grandson kermit – “t...  Read More

Yet for as little as 100000 placed in just the right hands clandestine operatives led by teddy roosevelt’s grandson kermit – “the chief hero or villain of the piece” depending on your perspective according to the author – a popular nationalist regime was replaced with a more pliable and eventually far more repressive one  Read Less

Book arrived in a timely fashion and was exactly as described

Book arrived in a timely fashion and was exactly as described  Read Less

The operation sent all the wrong signals according to kinzer

The operation sent all the wrong signals according to kinzer  Read Less

This book gives the reader the insight as to the reasons of the revolution and the primary actors who were directly involved in...  Read More

This book gives the reader the insight as to the reasons of the revolution and the primary actors who were directly involved in coordinating and planning to storm the us embassy  Read Less

America tried very hard in many occasions to bring mossadegh to his senses but unfortunately none worked

America tried very hard in many occasions to bring mossadegh to his senses but unfortunately none worked  Read Less

After all that shady work by the us and britain the cias first attempt to overthrow mossadegh on august 15 1953 didnt even work

After all that shady work by the us and britain the cias first attempt to overthrow mossadegh on august 15 1953 didnt even work  Read Less

This book is more detailed than kermit’s book

This book is more detailed than kermit’s book  Read Less

As kinzer and other historians point out one can trace a line from the cia and mi6s overthrow of mossadegh to the attacks again...  Read More

As kinzer and other historians point out one can trace a line from the cia and mi6s overthrow of mossadegh to the attacks against americans and us institutions in iran in the 70s the 1979 iranian revolution the embassy hostage crisis the current deplorable state of democracy in the middle east and the emergence and strength of extremist and terrorist groups like al qaeda  Read Less