{"title":"Stephen Kinzer","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-brothers","title":"The Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003e(NOTE: The Book cover may vary if published by different companies.)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor:  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStephen Kinzer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCategories: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\"\u003e English\u003c\/a\u003e  ,  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/non-fiction\"\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/a\u003e  ,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/history\"\u003e History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages: \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: local\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCover: Softcover\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook description :\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped today's world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In this book, Stephen Kinzer places their extraordinary lives against the background of American culture and history. He uses the framework of biography to ask: Why does the United States behave as it does in the world?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores hidden forces that shape the national psyche, from religious piety to Western movies—many of which are about a noble gunman who cleans up a lawless town by killing bad guys. This is how the Dulles brothers saw themselves, and how many Americans still see their country's role in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePropelled by a quintessentially American set of fears and delusions, the Dulles brothers launched violent campaigns against foreign leaders they saw as threats to the United States. These campaigns helped push countries from Guatemala to the Congo into long spirals of violence, led the United States into the Vietnam War, and laid the foundation for decades of hostility between the United States and countries from Cuba to Iran.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of the Dulles brothers is the story of America. It illuminates and helps explain the modern history of the United States and the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Kinzer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43054933704886,"sku":"","price":1060.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/files\/17286725.jpg?v=1714039800"},{"product_id":"all-the-shahs-men","title":"All the Shah's Men","description":"\u003ch5\u003e(NOTE: The Book cover may vary if published by different companies.)\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/stephen-kinzer\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephen Kinzer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/haroon-khalid\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/nancy-l-johnston\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/lincoln-peirce\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eBinding: Softback\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eCategory: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/history\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/non-fiction\"\u003eNonfiction \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/history\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/romance\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/history\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/psychology\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/philosophy\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/business\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/psychology\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/business\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/romance\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/psychology\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/children\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/romance\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/psychology\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/magic\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/science\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/science\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003ePublisher: Local\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePages: 303\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the book:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHalf a century ago, the United States overthrew a Middle Eastern government for the first time. The victim was Mohammad Mossadegh, the democratically elected prime minister of Iran. Although the coup seemed a success at first, today it serves as a chilling lesson about the dangers of foreign intervention.In this book, veteran New York Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer gives the first full account of this fateful operation. His account is centered around an hour-by-hour reconstruction of the events of August 1953, and concludes with an assessment of the coup's \"haunting and terrible legacy.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOperation Ajax, as the plot was code-named, reshaped the history of Iran, the Middle East, and the world. It restored Mohammad Reza Shah to the Peacock Throne, allowing him to impose a tyranny that ultimately sparked the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The Islamic Revolution, in turn, inspired fundamentalists throughout the Muslim world, including the Taliban and terrorists who thrived under its protection.\"It is not far-fetched,\" Kinzer asserts in this book, \"to draw a line from Operation Ajax through the Shah's repressive regime and the Islamic Revolution to the fireballs that engulfed the World Trade Center in New York.\"Drawing on research in the United States and Iran, and using material from a long-secret CIA report, Kinzer explains the background of the coup and tells how it was carried out. It is a cloak-and-dagger story of spies, saboteurs, and secret agents. There are accounts of bribes, staged riots, suitcases full of cash, and midnight meetings between the Shah and CIA agent Kermit Roosevelt, who was smuggled in and out of the royal palace under a blanket in the back seat of a car. Roosevelt,the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, was a real-life James Bond in an era when CIA agents operated mainly by their wits. After his first coup attempt failed, he organized a second attempt that succeeded three days later.The colorful cast of characters includes the terrified young Shah, who fled his country at the first sign of trouble; General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, father of the Gulf War commander and the radio voice of \"Gang Busters,\" who flew to Tehran on a secret mission that helped set the coup in motion; and the fiery Prime Minister Mossadegh, who outraged the West by nationalizing the immensely profitable Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The British, outraged by the seizure of their oil company, persuaded President Dwight Eisenhower that Mossadegh was leading Iran toward Communism. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain became the coup's main sponsors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrimming with insights into Middle Eastern history and American foreign policy, this book is an eye-opening look at an event whose unintended consequences - Islamic revolution and violent anti-Americanism--have shaped the modern world. As the United States assumes an ever-widening role in the Middle East, it is essential reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Stephen Kinzer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45464058265782,"sku":null,"price":875.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/files\/46347.jpg?v=1789635798"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/collections\/46347.jpg?v=1789636032","url":"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/stephen-kinzer-1.oembed","provider":"Booksvilla.pk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}