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A review by tjkallarackal
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer
4.0
Great book and very well written. It was very informative/educational while at the same time it was very entertaining because Kinzer did a great job of moving back and forth in the timeline if events to make the whole story more dramatic.
It did bother me, though, that he seemed at times to have some sort of bias and wasn't giving all the facts. For example I was surprised when he briefly mentioned that the CIA had Iranian agents in 1951. Truman would've been President, but Kinzer very much seemed to want to paint him as a "good guy" and not so much Eisenhower. I also wish he'd explained more the agriculture prize Mossadegh won. Was it awarded by the Shah's govt?
But still a great book and I very much recommend it.
It did bother me, though, that he seemed at times to have some sort of bias and wasn't giving all the facts. For example I was surprised when he briefly mentioned that the CIA had Iranian agents in 1951. Truman would've been President, but Kinzer very much seemed to want to paint him as a "good guy" and not so much Eisenhower. I also wish he'd explained more the agriculture prize Mossadegh won. Was it awarded by the Shah's govt?
But still a great book and I very much recommend it.