Operation Ajax coup begins against Mossadegh
Citations (2)
- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror whole source · open book
Most of Tehran was asleep when an odd caravan set out through the darkness shortly before midnight on August 15, 1953.
chapter: Chapter 1: Good Evening, Mr. Roosevelt
- 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