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Persian oil: A study in power politics

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The article was published on 1975-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 52 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Persian.

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The 1953 Coup D'Etat in Iran

TL;DR: The United States sponsored coup d'etat in Iran of August 19, 1953, has emerged as a critical event in postwar world history as discussed by the authors and contributed greatly to the 1978-1979 Iranian revolution.
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The 1953 Coup in Iran

TL;DR: The New York Times recently leaked a CIA report on the 1953 American-British overthrow of Mossadeq, Iran's Prime Minister, and treated it as an invaluable substitute for the U. S. files that remain inaccessible.
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The Origins of U.S. Support for an Autocratic Iran

TL;DR: The history of relations between the United States and the former Iranian regime (as well as other autocratic states) is being reconsidered, and it is important to recognize that U.S. support for one-man rule in Iran did not commence in 1953 subsequent to the fall of the government of Dr. Mossadegh as discussed by the authors.