Countercoup: The Struggle for the Control of Iran

Kermit Roosevelt was called to a meeting with John Foster Dulles of the State Department in June 1953. Mr. Roosevelt was tasked with the overthrow of the Mossadegh and he was told to return the Shah to the Peacock throne. In the telling of his story, Roosevelt recounts Iranian history and its strategic position in the world power struggle and Iran's role in World War II. This book is real-life drama with an unexpected ending tinged with irony.