The Oil Kings

Conversations with History: U.S. Iran and Saudi Arabia with Andrew Scott Cooper

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes author Andrew Scott Cooper to discuss his new book "The Oil Kings." Focusing on the geopolitics of the Middle East in the 1970's, the study centers on the complex relationship between Nixon, Kissinger and the Shah of Iran. Relying on recently declassified documents, Cooper describes the international environment of the period and the implications of the Nixon doctrine for the Shah's foreign policy.

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by Mohammad Ala on Tue Nov 29, 2011 09:02 AM PST

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It is a good program and worth listening. 

Peace is NOT profitable to West.


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Darius Kadivar

Esfand Aashena Jan Really ? Well That actually Suits Me ;0)

by Darius Kadivar on Tue Nov 29, 2011 07:08 AM PST


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Esfand Aashena

Darius jaan where Iran would be today?

by Esfand Aashena on Tue Nov 29, 2011 06:28 AM PST

"Had his illness and Bad Luck not come into the equation only heaven knows where Iran would be today."

At best Iran would be next on the list of the Arab Spring.  Although, I'm pretty sure he'd have still left the country.  He wasn't the kind to stay and so he'd have left one way or another.  Like he did in 1953, he wasn't ill then. I'd say he was "lucky" enough.  

Everything is sacred


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Darius Kadivar

Europe and Sarkozy could learn from this book

by Darius Kadivar on Tue Nov 29, 2011 06:26 AM PST

Particularly in how to handle Europe's complex relations with the countries struggling with transition ( Democratic or Not ) on the other side of the Mediterranean ...

 

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Darius Kadivar

Better Book than Milani's particularly on Shah / Nixon Relations

by Darius Kadivar on Tue Nov 29, 2011 06:01 AM PST


This is a better and more complete analysis on the Shah at the height of his power particularly at the time of the Oil Boom 1973/74 and shows that the Shah was basically pulling the strings and even beats the Americans at their own game particularly after Nixon's Fall after Watergate and how the Ford Administration prior to Carter's election was no more in a situation to curb the Shah's domestic economic and geo strategic ambitions.

 

Shah to Nixon on"Revolutions" vs "Evolutions" in Middle East (1969)

 

Had his illness and Bad Luck not come into the equation only heaven knows where Iran would be today.   

 

The Book also proves that contrary to what public opinion has been fed for the past 32 years by Jomhurykhah Revisionism that the Shah was actually a fierce Nationalist and far from being a US or Israeli Puppet.

  

It also depicts a more critical picture of Kissinger ( as a pawn in the Shah's hands rather than the opposite) which may well irritate historian Niall Ferguson who is at awe with Kissinger's global outlook and is currently working on an official biography on the former Secretary of State.

 

Recommended Blogs:

 

AIR FORCE ONE:Richard Nixon's State Visit to Iran (1972)  

 

Diplomatic History:Shah and King Faisal discuss Future of Persian Gulf (1971) 

 

pictory: Shah Interview with Barbara Walters and US Networks (1974-77)  

 


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