The 1953 Coup D'Etat in Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8967355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark J Gasiorowski, Mark Gasiorowski (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 261-286 |
| Publication date | 1987-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800056737 |
| OpenAlex | W2035234323 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 11 |
In retrospect, the United States sponsored coup d'état in Iran of August 19, 1953, has emerged as a critical event in postwar world history. The government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq which was ousted in the coup was the last popular, democratically oriented government to hold office in Iran. The regime replacing it was a dictatorship that suppressed all forms of popular political activity, producing tensions that contributed greatly to the 1978–1979 Iranian revolution. If Mosaddeq had not been overthrown, the revolution might not have occurred. The 1953 coup also marked the first peacetime use of covert action by the United States to overthrow a foreign government. As such, it was an important precedent for events like the 1954 coup in Guatemala and the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile, and made the United States a key target of the Iranian revolution
Covert · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economic history · Foreign policy · Government (linguistics · Military government · Peacetime · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
North Africa from the First World War
Africa south of the Sahara from the First World War
The First American Secret War
Strategic Alignments Under Fire
Gerçeklik ve Kurgusallık Bağlamında Bir Abdurrahmân Munîf Romanı
Foucault in Iran, 1978-1979
Truman's Iranian Policy, 1945-1953
Taking Power
Toward an anthropology of democratization in Iran
Between court Jester and Spy
The rise and retreat of covert action
The vanguard of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The United States and the Shah
Gideon's Band
Mission Impossible
Looking Back at the 1953 Coup in Iran
Soft news in soft war
Expanding beyond World War II to encourage peace education and deconstruct militarism
Continuity and Change Reinterpreting the Policies of the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations toward Iran, 1950–1954
Defending the ‘postwar petroleum order’
A ‘Requiem’ for the short-lived democracy in Iran in the 1950s
The imperialism of decolonization
Political regimes and foreign intervention
What constitutes successful covert action? Evaluating unacknowledged interventionism in foreign affairs
Why Economic Sanctions Do Not Work
The 1953 Coup in Iran
Patterns of clerical political behavior in postwar Iran, 1941–53
Operation ‘Ajax’ revisited
The Fall of Mosaddeq, August 1953
My Enemy’s Enemy
Down with the Monarchy”
The U.S. and third World Revolutionary States
The Partisans of Peace in Lebanon and Syria
The Qarani Affair and Iranian Politics
Democracy, War, and Covert Action
Policy change and coups
Democracy promotion, authoritarian resiliency, and political unrest in Iran
Patterns of Regime Breakdown Since the French Revolution
The Spiritual Factor
Once upon a Problem
The Limits of the State
Where Is This Place? Crowds, Audio-vision, and Poetry in Postelection Iran
| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2026 (37) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |