"All the Shah's Men"

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This paper examines how Stephen Kinzer's book, "All the Shah's Men", is a factually and literarily excellent account of the stealth-styled, underhanded work of America's Central Intelligence Agency along with the not-so-sly subterfuge of the British. It looks at how Kinzer's book exposes through detailed accounts the decision by the Dwight Eisenhower Administration - along with Britain's Secret Intelligence Service - to basically restructure the leadership of a sovereign state, Iran. It discusses how his book focuses on the CIA and its power to interfere with another nation by forcibly installing a dictator that will be friendly to the United States. It also looks at various critiques of the book.

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Introduction
Review & Critique of "All the Shah's Men"
Conclusion

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"Mossadegh also had supported women's rights, he had stood up for a person's right to observe whatever religion he or she wished to, and he did not meddle with the courts. Those progressive policies won hearts in Persia during his administration. On July 21, labor leaders issued a call for a "general strike" in opposition to Qavam (the man whom the Shah had wanted to replace Mossadegh because Qavam would be the most cooperative with the Shah) and in favor of Mossadegh, who was "...the only popular choice to lead the national struggle," the "National Front" leaders insisted. If Mossadegh had wanted to, Kinzer continued on page 141, he could have simply dumped the Shah, "proclaimed the end of the Pahlavi dynasty," and established a republic - authorizing himself to serve as president."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Kinzer, Stephen. (2003). All The Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
• Nalle, David. (2003). All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror. Middle East Policy, Vol. X (4), 148-155.
• Pryce-Jones, David. (2003). A Very Elegant Coup. National Review, 55(17), 48-50.

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