Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup by Christopher de Bellaigue

Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup

Christopher de Bellaigue

336 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
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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 h...

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