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100	1		_aKovalik, Dan, _eauthor. _93767
245	1	4	_aThe plot to attack Iran : _bhow the CIA and the deep state have conspired to vilify Iran / _cDan Kovalik.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSkyhorse Publishing, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_axxiv, 195 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175 - 195)
505	0		_a1. Target: Iran -- 2. The West's Not-So-Creative Destruction of the Middle East -- 3. The United States and United Kingdom Destroy Iranian Democracy -- 4. Installing a King in the Name of Democracy -- 5. The CIA and the SAVAK -- 6. Jimmy Carter and the Human Rights Double Standard -- 7. The Shah's Reign Begins to Crumble -- 8. US Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Ayatollah -- 9. A Tale of Two Revolutions-Iran and Nicaragua -- 10. The Iran-Iraq War-Playing Both Sides Against Each Other -- 11. The United States, Iran, and the Taliban -- 12. The United States, Saudi Arabia, and the War on Yemen -- 13. Avoiding a War with Iran.
520			_a"Everything you thought you knew about Iran is wrong in The Plot to Attack Iran, critically acclaimed author Dan Kovalik exposes what Americans have known about the Islamic Republic is largely based on propaganda. The 1953 coup that deposed the democratically-elected prime minister for a US-selected shah? Sold to average American citizens as a necessity to protect democracy and guard against communism. In truth, it was America’s lust for Iranian oil and power that installed the tyrannical shah. The Iranian hostage crisis that miraculously ended with Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as president? Evidence shows that Reagan negotiated with the hostage-takers to hold the hostages until his inauguration. Iran, once known as Persia, is one of the oldest nations on earth. It has a rich history and a unique culture, and is bordered by seven countries, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. It is literally the intersection of many countries and many worlds. It has a population of eighty million people and occupies a space nearly the size of Alaska, the largest US state; it is the seventeenth largest country in the world. Over the past century, Iran’s greatest resource, and at the same time its greatest curse, has been its oil. For it is oil that has caused the United States and other world powers to systematically attempt to destroy Iran. After a greedy Iranian monarch sold all of Iran’s oil and natural gas reserves to a British financier in 1901, the West started just one of its many invasions and exploitations of the country. Using recently declassified documents and memos, as well as first-hand experience of the country, critically-acclaimed author Dan Kovalik will change the way you think about Iran, and especially what you think of US interference there. Learn how the United States vilifies its enemies, and accuses them of unspeakable horror to mask its own terrible crimes. Not only does the illuminating and important The Plot to Attack Iran delve into the current incendiary situation, but it also predicts what could happen next, and what needs to be done before it is too late." -- from the back cover.
520			_a"Dan Kovalik is the author of critically-acclaimed The Plot to Scapegoat Russia, and has been a labor and human rights lawyer since graduating from Columbia Law School in 1993. He has represented plaintiffs in ATS cases arising out of egregious human rights abuses in Colombia. He received the David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford Law School, has written extensively for the Huffington Post and Counterpunch, and has lectured throughout the world." -- from the back cover.
650		0	_aIntelligence service _zUnited States. _93768
650		0	_aInternational relations. _91596
650		0	_aElite (Social sciences) _zUnited States. _93769
650		0	_aPower (Social sciences) _zUnited States. _93770
650		0	_aPressure groups _zUnited States. _93771
650		0	_aConspiracy _zUnited States. _93772
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade _xPolitical aspects _zIran. _93773
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zIran. _93774
651		0	_aIran _xForeign relations _zUnited States. _93775
651		0	_aIran _xPolitics and government _y21st century. _93776
651		0	_aIran _xPolitics and government _xHistory. _93777
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