All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

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258

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382 g

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2. Auflage

Erschienen bei:

John Wiley & Sons

Kurzbeschreibung

The national bestseller about America and Iran-now with new material on the coming showdown
This new edition of the bestseller chosen as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and the Economist begins with a powerful new essay that warns against an American attack on Iran. As the drumbeat of threats against Iran intensifies in Washington, Kinzer argues that they are based on fantasies that are as dangerous as they are delusional. Any attack, he warns, would usher in another era of upheaval in Iran and the surrounding region, this time with the overlay of nuclear-tinged terror. There is more fertile ground for democratic change in Iran than in almost any other Muslim country, and Kinzer presents an alternate strategy for dealing with the burgeoning crisis there. "As militants in Washington urge a second American attack on Iran, the story of the first one becomes more urgently relevant than ever," Kinzer writes in his new essay. "It shows the folly of using violence to try to reshape Iran."
"A very gripping read."-The New York Times
"An entirely engrossing, often riveting, nearly Homeric tale...For anyone with more than a passing interest in how the United States got into such a pickle in the Middle East, All the Shah's Men is as good as Grisham."-The Washington Post Book World
Stephen Kinzer (Chicago, IL) is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has worked in more than 50 countries on five continents. He has been New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul, Berlin, and Managua, Nicaragua. His other books include Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq (978-0-8050-8240-1).

Beschreibung

According to Kinzer's sources on Iran policy, Bush feels he has nothing left to lose--and everything to gain--from a showdown with Iran. Karl Rove thinks it'll distract Democrats from burgeoning scandals, and will highlight Democratic candidate weaknesses. We don't have the ground troops for an invasion, but we have the spare planes and bombs for a Kosovo-style mission to destroy civil and military infrastructure. But Kinzer understands, perhaps better than anyone, the price we might eventually pay for overthrowing an Iranian regime.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the 2008 Edition: The Folly of Attacking Iran.Preface.Acknowledgments.Notes on Usage.1. Good Evening, Mr. Roosevelt.2. Curse This Fate.3. The Last Drop of the Nation's Blood.4. A Wave of Oil.5. His Master's Orders.6. Unseen Enemies Everywhere.7. You Do Not Know How Evil They Are.8. An Immensely Shrewd Old Man.9. Block Headed British.10. Pull Up Your Socks and Get Going.11. I Knew It! They Love Me!12. Purring Like a Giant Cat.Epilogue.Notes.Bibliography.Index.

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Mehr über:  History - General History, Iran; Politik/Zeitgesch., Islamistischer Terrorismus, CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), Mohammed Reza Pahlewi, Schah von Iran, MI6, Middle East - Iran, Political History, History / United States / 20th Century

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Mehr von:  Stephen Kinzer, John Wiley & Sons