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Author Rāhnamā, ʻAlī, author.

Title Behind the 1953 coup in Iran : thugs, turncoats, soldiers, and spooks / Ali Rahnema.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
©2015
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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 320 pages) : illustrations
Summary This book reconstructs the events surrounding the Iranian coup d'état in 1953 that led to the overthrow of Mohammed Mosaddeq and his government.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The British reaction to Mosaddeq in power: "Mossie grabs Britain's oil--but Navy to the rescue" (Daily Express) -- Mosaddeq's opposition strikes: testing tactics -- Who beckoned and who executed on 28 February (9 Esfand)? -- TPAJAX: company (CIA) commanders and firm (SIS) functionaries operationalizing the coup idea -- The CIA-affiliated organizations: propaganda and combat -- The precision coup flops: back to the drawing-board -- Second coup capabilities of the military networks -- A viable home-spun coup -- The crucial last-minute preparations -- The second coup begins with the pincer movement of the thugs -- Coup agents occupying the city centre -- Attacking ministries and pro-Mosaddeq buildings -- The enigma of the tanks: betrayal or incompetence? -- Mosaddeq overthrown -- Religious representatives and the coup -- Why did the second coup work? --Mosaddeq's exit: legal transfer of power or coup d'etat?
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Subject Iran -- History -- Coup d'état, 1953.
Iran -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Politics and government.
Iran.
Coup d'état (Iran : 1953)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: Rāhnamā, ʻAlī. Behind the 1953 coup in Iran. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014 9781107076068 (DLC) 2014020025 (OCoLC)890807602
ISBN 9781316129326 (electronic bk.)
1316129322 (electronic bk.)
9781316130414 (electronic bk.)
131613041X (electronic bk.)
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9781107076068
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