Such a tragedy
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror | 
Such a tragedy
What a principled, prescient man.
#WeekendReading @Andrew65
I'm taking leave on Monday, and hoping I can read these 4 books! Super ambitious, I know!!
What's everyone reading? Happy weekend!!!
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
Most of Teheran was asleep when an odd caravan set out through the darkness shortly before midnight on August 15, 1953.
The preface,and I'm already coming across passages I want to screenshot
so-soThe bouncing timeline made the history a bit hard to follow. The American and especially British underhanded dealings were frustrating to read about and sure to cause problems well into the future.
pickI have owned this book for 13 years and finally read it this past week. A Grishamesque narrative to a real life story! I highly recommend as it's interesting and a quick reading page turner! #17booksin2017
"It is not far-fetched to draw a line from Operation Ajax through the Shah's repressive regime and the Islamic Revolution to the fireballs that engulfed the World Trade Center in New York." -Stephen Kinzer. #politicsandbooks
Some school reading.
