All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country’s elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and anti-Americanism in the Middle East. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and The Economist, it now features a new preface by the author on the folly of attacking Iran.
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Book details
- Author
- Stephen Kinzer
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 296
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › Middle East › Israel & Palestine
History › World - Topics
- Iran · 1953 CIA coup · Middle East history · Islamic fundamentalism · anti-Americanism · Cold War covert operations · Iranian politics · US foreign policy
- ISBN-13
- 9780470185490 (Paperback)9781681620619 (Hardcover)
About the author
STEPHEN KINZER is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has reported from more than fifty countries on five continents. His recent books include Poisoner in Chief, The True Flag and The Brothers.
Kinzer served as the New York Times bureau chief in Nicaragua, Germany, and Turkey, working for the paper from 1983 to 2005. He is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and writes a world affairs column for the Boston Globe.
Stephen lives in Boston.