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Operation Ajax: The Secret War For Iran And The Roots Of Western Rage
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ISBN10: 1787956121
ISBN13: 9781787956124
Publisher: Global East-West (London)
Published: Feb 7 2026
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781787956124
Publisher: Global East-West (London)
Published: Feb 7 2026
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Operation Ajax: The Secret War For Iran And The Roots Of Western Rage is a clear, classroom-ready narrative of the 1953 coup in Iran and its enduring consequences for Middle Eastern politics and Western foreign policy.Starting with the first oil concessions granted to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909, Hichem Karoui charts how foreign control over Iranian petroleum reshaped the country's economy, social structure, and politics. The early chapters introduce students and general readers to the emergence of Iranian nationalism, the Constitutional Revolution, and the political biography of Mohammad Mossadegh.
Karoui then turns to the crises of 1951-1953: Mosaddegh's nationalisation of oil, Britain's economic blockade and legal offensive, and the reframing of a colonial dispute as a Cold War security threat. The book offers a structured account of MI6 planning, U.S. decision-making under the Eisenhower administration, and the design of Operation TPAJAX. Key themes include propaganda and information warfare, the role of clergy and bazaar networks, military factionalism, and the mechanics of street-level coup-making.Subsequent chapters cover the Shah's post-coup consolidation of autocratic power, the creation and methods of SAVAK, and Iran's position as a U.S. client state through the 1960s and 1970s. A concluding section traces blowback from 1953 through the 1979 Revolution, the hostage crisis, and the ongoing mistrust that shapes U.S.-Iran relations.While grounded in recent scholarship and declassified sources, the prose is intentionally free of academic jargon, making this volume suitable for:
- Bookshop shelves in History, Middle East Studies, Current Affairs, and Political Science
- University and public library collections supporting courses on the Middle East, Cold War history, intelligence and security, and energy politics
- Readers seeking a single-volume introduction to the coup, which continues to frame debates over democracy, sovereignty, and intervention, will find it invaluable.
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