Jump to content

Talk:All the Shah's Men

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tacit conclusion?

[edit]

"The fact (stated at the end of the book) that US companies were granted the majority of the oil concessions from the Shah's government after the coup, does not feature significantly in the earlier part of the narrative. However, that this was the chief reason for the coup is the tacit conclusion of the book."

This "tacit conclusion" statement seems like opinion, rather than a serious assessment or criticism.

It should also be noted that in the new forward in the 2008 edition of this book, the author explicitly states that the "real reason" for overthrowing Mossadegh and installing a pro-Western government was to create a vassal state and extract Iranian petroleum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CLSwiki (talkcontribs) 20:52, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The summary omits the very pertinent fact that the PM staged a coup of his own, forcing the Shah out of the country. He was no longer the legal or elected PM. The countercoup by royalists and the military restored the shah. The description currently is very misleading. Is this based on the book?203.184.41.226 (talk) 19:43, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on All the Shah's Men. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 22:37, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]