The English job : understanding Iran and why it distrusts Britain /
Straw, Jack,
The English job : understanding Iran and why it distrusts Britain / Jack Straw. - x, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map
'English is not the enemy' -- It's always an English job -- From fire to Allah -- Shah Ismail I : Iran's Henry VIII -- The British monopolies that triggered democracy -- How oil trumped democracy -- Sergeant to shah : with British help -- The British (and Soviets) take over -- Abadan - Britain's humiliation -- Spooks and coups -- The shah in his element -- Khomeini returns -- The imposed war -- The aftermath : The Satanic Verses and violence -- The reformers break out -- 9/11 and nukes -- 'Chocolates, Jack, chocolates' -- The halo of light -- The sedition of '88 -- The guy in your earpiece -- The deep state and Iran's security -- Conclusion : Iran's future.
9781785903991
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
Iran--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Iran.
Iran--History.
955
The English job : understanding Iran and why it distrusts Britain / Jack Straw. - x, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map
'English is not the enemy' -- It's always an English job -- From fire to Allah -- Shah Ismail I : Iran's Henry VIII -- The British monopolies that triggered democracy -- How oil trumped democracy -- Sergeant to shah : with British help -- The British (and Soviets) take over -- Abadan - Britain's humiliation -- Spooks and coups -- The shah in his element -- Khomeini returns -- The imposed war -- The aftermath : The Satanic Verses and violence -- The reformers break out -- 9/11 and nukes -- 'Chocolates, Jack, chocolates' -- The halo of light -- The sedition of '88 -- The guy in your earpiece -- The deep state and Iran's security -- Conclusion : Iran's future.
9781785903991
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
Iran--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Iran.
Iran--History.
955