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- Provides an in-depth analysis of primary sources from the Public Record Office in London and of contemporary newspaper articles in the Iranian, British and American press
- Offers a critical assessment of the historical and political literature on the Anglo-American coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh in August 1953
- Features an interview with Mohammad Ali Amouei, an eyewitness and former Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace (BRIEFSSECUR, volume 5)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Based on British and Iranian sources, this book investigates the background and goals of the coup in Iran, examining how British foreign and domestic agents interfered with Iran’s internal affairs between the nationalization of Iran’s oil in 1951 until its failure in 1953 with the overthrow of Prime Minister Mossadegh. How and why was Iran’s democratically elected government ousted in 1953? Most studies refer to a ‘CIA-led’ operation. This study analyses how British agents used the Shah, the ancient Persian Durbar, Majlis deputies, Islamic clergy, and Iranian military officers in the overthrow of the first democratically elected Prime Minister, and highlights how Britain used the ‘Communist menace’ as a pretext for protecting its oil interests and persuaded the Americans to orchestrate the coup. This close interaction between British colonial interests, American Cold War goals and Iranian politics ultimately defeated the democratic aspirations of Iran’s people.
Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Islamic Civilization, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Mansoureh Ebrahimi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The British Role in Iranian Domestic Politics (1951-1953)
Authors: Mansoureh Ebrahimi
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31098-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31097-8Published: 29 March 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31098-5Published: 17 March 2016
Series ISSN: 2193-3162
Series E-ISSN: 2193-3170
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 109
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Relations, Political Theory, History, general