This essay highlights the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, perceived as a danger to Western interests in Iran following his decision to nationalize the oil industry. First designated as a "popular uprising", this reversal turned out to be a coup d'état orchestrated in particular by the British and American secret services. Crossing Western and Iranian sources, the book immerses us in the four-day period between the first failed coup and the second successful attempt, and presents the actors and their roles before, during and after these events.
 Authors biography
 Ali Rahnema is Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris. He is interested in the modern and contemporary history of Iran with a particular interest in the interactions within the triptych Politics, Economy, Religion. His publications include Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics (Cambridge, 2011) and An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shariati, second edition (2014).