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Patriot of Persia - Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup (Paperback)
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Patriot of Persia - Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup (Paperback)
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On 19 August 1953 the British and American intelligence agencies
launched a desperate coup against a cussed, bedridden 72-year-old.
His name was Muhammad Mossadegh, the Iranian prime minister. To
Winston Churchill he was a lunatic, determined to humiliate
Britain. To President Eisenhower he was delivering Iran to the
Soviets. Mossadegh must go. And so he did, in one of the most
dramatic episodes in modern Middle Eastern history. But the
countries that overthrew him would, in time, deeply regret it.
Mossadegh was one of the first liberals of the Middle East, a man
whose conception of liberty was as sophisticated as any in Europe
or America. He wanted friendship with the West - not slavish
dependence. Here, for the first time, is the political and personal
life of a remarkable patriot, written by our foremost observer of
Iran. Above all, the life of Muhammad Mossadegh is a warning to
today's occupants of Downing Street and the White House, as they
commit us all to intervention in a volatile and unpredictable
region.
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