ESSAY II 1953 Coup dtat in Iran
*Using only the following two articles
Mark J. Gasiorowski The 1953 Coup dEtat against Mosaddeq, Ch. 7, pp. 227-260 in Mark J. Gasiorowski and Malcolm Bryne, Mohammad Musaddegh and 1953 Coup in Iran, (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004).
Abrahamian, Ervand, The 1953 Coup in Iran, in Science & Society, Vol. 65, no.2, (Summer, 2001), 182-215.
*And at least six separate documents from the following primary sources:
The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup, 1953: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB28/ (Links to an external site.)
Same info: NY Times archives containing declassified US intelligence documents on 1953 coup: http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html (Links to an external site.)
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1954, Iran, 19511954: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951-54Iran (Links to an external site.)
CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/ (Links to an external site.)
Please write a five-page, double-spaced essay on the 1953 coup dtat in Iran. Do not use or cite any other source. There is enough information for you in these articles and databases, and the pieces are also required readings for the first week on Iran.
Questions you should consider: 1) What is the 1953 coup dtat? 2) Why did it take place? 3) Which parties participated in it and what were their motivations? 4) How did the Cold War shape the coup and its outcome? 5) What are the long-term effects of this coup?
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