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The Struggle for Iran: Oil, Autocracy, and the Cold War, 1951-1954
Beginning with the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry in spring 1951 and ending with its reversal following the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq in August 1953, the Iranian oil crisis was a crucial turning point in the global Cold War. The nationalization challenged Great Britain's preeminence in the Middle East and threatened Western oil concessions everywhere. Fearing the loss of Iran and possibly the entire Middle East and its oil to communist control, the United States and Great Britain played a key role in the ouster of Mosaddeq, a constitutional nationalist opposed to communism and Western imperialism. U.S. intervention helped entrench monarchical power, and the reversal of Iran's nationalization confirmed the dominance of Western corporations over the resources of the Global South for the next twenty years.
Drawing on years of research in American, British, and Iranian sources, David S. Painter and Gregory Brew provide a concise and accessible account of Cold War competition, Anglo-American imperialism, covert intervention, the political economy of global oil, and Iran's struggle against autocratic government. The Struggle for Iran dispels myths and misconceptions that have hindered understanding this pivotal chapter in the history of the post-World War II world.
Drawing on years of research in American, British, and Iranian sources, David S. Painter and Gregory Brew provide a concise and accessible account of Cold War competition, Anglo-American imperialism, covert intervention, the political economy of global oil, and Iran's struggle against autocratic government. The Struggle for Iran dispels myths and misconceptions that have hindered understanding this pivotal chapter in the history of the post-World War II world.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
- Publish Date: Jan 10th, 2023
- Pages: 324
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.73in - 1.11lb
- EAN: 9781469671666
- Categories: • Middle East - Iran• International Relations - General• United States - 20th Century
About the Author
Painter, David S.: - David S. Painter is associate professor emeritus of international history at Georgetown University. He is the author of The Cold War: An International History and Oil and the American Century: The Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Oil Policy, 1941-1954.
Brew, Gregory: - Gregory Brew is a Henry A. Kissinger Postdoctoral Fellow at International Security Studies and the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University.
Praise for this book
David Painter and Gregory Brew's new book, The Struggle for Iran, draws out the twists and turns and competing interests involved . . . meticulous."--Socialist Worker
A deeply researched book . . . . The authors are meticulous and fair-minded in their assessment of the bewildering negotiations that tried to resolve the dispute."--Ray Takeyh, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy
Painter and Brew are to be commended for producing a thorough historical account that draws on a plethora of sources and adds considerably to the extant historiography. Their book deserves a wide readership."--Diplomatic History