Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Narrating History 1
6. Chapter one. Mossadegh, Nasser, and What Could Have Been 17
7. Chapter two. A Portrait of Mossadegh 38
8. Chapter three. Saving Iran from Democracy 58
9. Chapter four. From the Cusp of Democracy to the Abyss of Absolute Monarchy 83
10. Chapter five. What Did the Overthrow of Mossadegh Mean for Iran and the Middle East? 108
11. Chapter six. Nasser The Pan-Arab Icon 126
12. Chapter seven. Nasser in “Little Hollywood” Losing Egypt, Losing the Peace 150
13. Chapter eight. The Suez Crisis 171
14. Chapter nine. Frustrating Nasser’s Arab Nationalism 190
15. Chapter ten.What Have Egypt and the Arab World Lost by the Defeat of Nasser’s Secular Nationalism? 214
16. Chapter eleven. From Iran to Guatemala: The Fabrication of a Communist Threat 228
17. Conclusion 247
18. Notes 259
19. Index 301