All the Shah's Men
Read by
Jonathan Yen,
Michael Prichard
Release:
12/01/2003
Release:
12/01/2003
Release:
12/01/2003
Release:
12/01/2003
Runtime:
11h 8m
Runtime:
11h 8m
Runtime:
11h 8m
Quantity:
“Very gripping…A cautionary tale for our current leaders.”
New York Times
Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, whose "crime" was nationalizing the country's oil industry.
In a cloak-and-dagger story of spies, saboteurs, and secret agents, Kinzer reveals the involvement of Eisenhower, Churchill, Kermit Roosevelt, and the CIA in Operation Ajax, which restored Mohammad Reza Shah to power. Reza imposed a tyranny that ultimately sparked the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which, in turn, inspired fundamentalists throughout the Muslim world, including the Taliban and terrorists who thrived under its protection.
"It is not far-fetched," Kinzer asserts, "to draw a line from Operation Ajax through the Shah's repressive regime and the Islamic Revolution to the fireballs that engulfed the World Trade Center in New York."
In a cloak-and-dagger story of spies, saboteurs, and secret agents, Kinzer reveals the involvement of Eisenhower, Churchill, Kermit Roosevelt, and the CIA in Operation Ajax, which restored Mohammad Reza Shah to power. Reza imposed a tyranny that ultimately sparked the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which, in turn, inspired fundamentalists throughout the Muslim world, including the Taliban and terrorists who thrived under its protection.
"It is not far-fetched," Kinzer asserts, "to draw a line from Operation Ajax through the Shah's repressive regime and the Islamic Revolution to the fireballs that engulfed the World Trade Center in New York."
Release:
2003-12-01
2003-12-01
2003-12-01
2003-12-01
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
11h 8m
11h 8m
11h 8m
11h 8m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.75 lb
0.0 lb
0.75 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781400101061
9781400171064
9798200150281
9798200150298
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