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

Kinzer, Stephen

 
9780470185490: All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
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ISBN 10: 047018549X ISBN 13: 9780470185490
Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2008

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"A very gripping read . . . a cautionary tale for our current leaders."
--The New York Times
 
As zealots in Washington intensify their preparations for an American attack on Iran, the story of the CIA's 1953 coup--with its many cautionary lessons--is more urgently relevant than ever. All the Shah's Men brings to life the cloak-and-dagger operation that deposed the only democratic regime Iran ever had. The coup ushered in a quarter-century of repressive rule under the Shah, stimulated the rise of Muslim fundamentalism and anti-Americanism throughout the Middle East, and exposed the folly of using violence to try to reshape Iran. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and the Economist, it's essential reading if you want to place the American attack of Iraq in context--and prepare for what comes next.
 
"An entirely engrossing, often riveting, nearly Homeric tale. . . . For anyone with more than a passing interest in how the United States got into such a pickle in the Middle East, All the Shah's Men is as good as Grisham."
--The Washington Post Book World
 
"An exciting narrative. [Kinzer] questions whether Americans are well served by interventions for regime change abroad, and he reminds us of the long history of Iranian resistance to great power interventions, as well as the unanticipated consequences of intervention."
--The Los Angeles Times
 
"A swashbuckling yarn [and] helpful reminder of an oft-neglected piece of Middle Eastern history."
--The New York Times Book Review

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Informazioni sull'autore

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.

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"A very gripping read . . . a cautionary tale for our current leaders."
--The New York Times
 
As zealots in Washington intensify their preparations for an American attack on Iran, the story of the CIA's 1953 coup--with its many cautionary lessons--is more urgently relevant than ever. All the Shah's Men brings to life the cloak-and-dagger operation that deposed the only democratic regime Iran ever had. The coup ushered in a quarter-century of repressive rule under the Shah, stimulated the rise of Muslim fundamentalism and anti-Americanism throughout the Middle East, and exposed the folly of using violence to try to reshape Iran. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and the Economist, it's essential reading if you want to place the American attack of Iraq in context--and prepare for what comes next.
 
"An entirely engrossing, often riveting, nearly Homeric tale. . . . For anyone with more than a passing interest in how the United States got into such a pickle in the Middle East, All the Shah's Men is as good as Grisham."
--The Washington Post Book World
 
"An exciting narrative. [Kinzer] questions whether Americans are well served by interventions for regime change abroad, and he reminds us of the long history of Iranian resistance to great power interventions, as well as the unanticipated consequences of intervention."
--The Los Angeles Times
 
"A swashbuckling yarn [and] helpful reminder of an oft-neglected piece of Middle Eastern history."
--The New York Times Book Review

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Editore
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
047018549X
ISBN 13 
9780470185490
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
2
Numero di pagine
288
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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9781681620619: All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

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ISBN 10:  1681620618 ISBN 13:  9781681620619
Casa editrice: Trade Paper Pr, 2008
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