Behind the 1953 coup in Iran : thugs, turncoats, soldiers, and spooks /
This book reconstructs the events surrounding the Iranian coup d'état in 1953 that led to the overthrow of Mohammed Mosaddeq and his government.
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2015]
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Table of 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?