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The U.S. & Iranian Coup d’État of 1953
Question: In 600 words, respond to the prompt:
Why did the President Eisenhower decide to join Great Britain in overthrowing the Iranian government in contrast to President Truman who refused to do so? What had changed? Was it the right choice?
Instructions:
Write 600 words at least to answer this question. It should be posted as a “Word” file. Read over the directions for writing your essays provided on the first page of the syllabus to make sure that you are clear about what is necessary to do well on this essay. Make sure to use footnotes and to add a “List of Sources” at the end of your essay.
These paper should be grammatically and syntactically correct and without typographical errors. Include the question you are answering on the title page so both you and I will be sure which question you are addressing. Special attention will be given to the thesis paragraph. Make it succinct and preview how you will argue your paper. Always end with a concluding paragraph that sums up your argument.
Citations: Use footnotes, or what is called the “Notes and Bibliography” form of citation for your references (not the internal: “author date” style common in the social sciences). The first citation of a work should be complete and subsequent citations abbreviated. Read about how to use this form of citation at Quick Guide of the Chicago Manual of Style. Learn how to use footnotes (not endnotes on “Word.”
List of Sources: Be sure to add a “List of Sources” at the end of your essay, in which you list all the sources that you cite. Each article must be referenced in full. Consult the website of the Chicago Manual of Style to do this correctly. Make sure you cite internet sources correctly as well.
Materials:
“What Really Happened in Iran: The CIA, the Ouster of Mosaddeq, and the Restoration of the Shah,” Foreign Affairshttp://www.foreignaffairs.com/author/ray-takeyh
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/issues/2014/93/4
http://mideastresources.blogspot.com/2014/10/what-really-happened-in-iran-cia-ouster.html
Stephen Kinzer, All the Shah’s Men (entire)
Brands, H. W. Into the Labyrinth: The United States and the Middle East, 1945-1993, New York: McGraw Hill, 1994pp. 35-44. [9]
Additional sources should be referenced properly
