Oil, power, and principle : Iran's oil nationalization and its aftermath

The age of autocracy and concessions; Reza Shah and the 1933 concession;Iran defies Russia and Britain; the oil nationalization act; forces at work in Iran, Britain, and the United States; Iran takes over the company; the Harriman and stokes missions; the oil cartel's stranglehold; British plans for the occupation of Abadan; the oil dispute taken to the United Nations; Mossadeq's discussions in the United States; Britain mainipulates the world bank; judgment at the world court; British attempts to overthrow Mossadeq; Qavam's attempts to overthrow Mossadeq; Qavam's prime ministership and the communist threat; Churchill's games with Truman; Iran's oil-less economy; Eden's games with Eisenhower; the coup;an oil consortium takes over; the coup's aftermath.