The Struggle for Iran
Oil, Autocracy, and the Cold War, 1951–1954
By David S. Painter, Gregory Brew

Approx. 320 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 tables
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-7166-6
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Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-7165-9
Published: January 2023
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Drawing on years of research in American, British, and Iranian sources, David S. Painter and Gregory Brew provide a concise and accessible account of Cold War competition, Anglo-American imperialism, covert intervention, the political economy of global oil, and Iran's struggle against autocratic government. The Struggle for Iran dispels myths and misconceptions that have hindered understanding this pivotal chapter in the history of the post–World War II world.
About the Authors
David S. Painter is associate professor emeritus of international history at Georgetown University. He is the author of The Cold War: An International History and Oil and the American Century: The Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Oil Policy, 1941–1954.
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Gregory Brew is a Henry A. Kissinger Postdoctoral Fellow at International Security Studies and the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University.
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Reviews
"Painter and Brew tell a gripping story about Anglo-American imperialism, resource nationalism, and the fate of Iranian democracy. This is the most complete study yet published of America's regime change in Tehran."—Nathan Citino, author of Envisioning the Arab Future: Modernization in U.S.-Arab Relations, 1945–1967
"What Painter and Brew have given us is not just a story of oil and diplomacy but one of covert action, espionage, Iranian domestic politics, and imperial power. This authoritative overview of the causes and consequences of that crisis is a magnificent resource for historians of U.S. foreign relations, Iranian history, and beyond."—Christopher Dietrich, author of Oil Revolution: Anticolonial Elites, Sovereign Rights, and the Economic Culture of Decolonization