Operation Ajax overthrows Mossadegh
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- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror whole source · open book
Operation Ajax, as the CIA coup against Mossadegh was code-named, was a great trauma for Iran, the Middle East, and the colonial world.
chapter: Preface
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- Allen Dulles directed the CIA during the operation
- Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the operation
- Kermit Roosevelt Jr. led the operation on the ground
- Mohammad Mossadegh the overthrown prime minister
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi restored to full power by the coup
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- Covert operations, coups, and blowback step 5
- Military and security step 87