06-04-2010, 04:32 AM
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Pranav on BRF wrote:
it also gives an insight into Islam and its reactionary inclinations.
Pranav on BRF wrote:
Quote:Would strongly recommend this book: Hostage to Khomeini by Robert Dreyfuss (1980). Available for download at http://www.archive.org/download/HostageT...ostage.pdf
It is well known that the overthrow of the democratic Mosaddegh govt in 1953 was sponsored by western elites. This book describes how the overthrow of the Shah, and the installation of Khomeini too, was supported by the same forces.
This book is particularly valuable for its close-up look at the techniques of revolution - provoking unrest, mass manipulation via the media, creation of economic crises, how the loyalty of key persons in the armed forces was turned, how uncooperative personnel were assassinated, how arms depots were captured, and how even those that cooperated with the revolution were liquidated in its aftermath.
Also useful are the insights it offers into the mindset of the western elites.
There are many similarities between the Indian political elites of today, and the feckless regime of the Shah of Iran.
it also gives an insight into Islam and its reactionary inclinations.