The Coup

The CoupAuthor: Ervand Abrahamian ISBN: 9781620970867 Publisher: New Press, The Year first published: 07 Jul 2015 Pages: 304 Format: Paperback softback From Ervand Abrahamian, a leading historian on the Middle East, comes a lucid account of the CIA's 1953 coup in Iran and how it paved the way to today's diplomatic gridlock. Coup is the first trade book to put the 1953 coup in context, filling a gap in the understanding of Iran's history. Abrahamian relies on

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