Operation Ajax: the story of the CIA Coup that remade the Middle East
- Annotation:
- Graphic true-life spy thriller about the CIA mission that overthrew Iran’s democracy -- Amazon
- Creator:
- Editor - Stephen Kinzer
- Publication Information:
- Verso, London, 2015
- Color or Black & White:
- Genre:
- Non-Fiction
- Bibliography Available:
- No
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- Mosaddeq, Mohammad, 1880-1967
- Coup d''état (Iran : 1953)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980
- Geographic Setting:
- Iran--Tehran
- England-London
- White House (Washington, D.C.)
- Date Range:
- 1941 - 1953
- Tags:
- Iran, Operation AJAX, CIA, oil embargo, Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Kermit Roosevelt, Dulles Brothers, AIOC, Angelo-Iranian Oil Company, The Shah, prime minister, Ayatollah Kaghani, Majilis, imperialism, Communism , National Front, Supplemental Agreement, Mohammed Mossadegh, Cold War
- Notes:
- Forward and Afterword by Stephen Kinzer, 2015, First published as an app by Cognito Comics, 2011, Appendix A: Initial Operational Plan for TPAJAX as Cabled from Nicosia to Headquarters on 3 June 1953
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