University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Lior B. Sternfeld Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies

Book Title: All the Shah's Men

Author: Stephen Kinzer

Selection Statement:

During my undergrad in Middle East studies at Ben Gurion University in Israel, I took a course on Iran, to make sense of Ahmadinejad’s chaotic presidency. I considered myself an informed citizen, yet when I read this book in one sitting, I learned for the first time about the Anglo-American coup against Mosaddeq and Iran’s democracy. I thought that this historic episode should become better publicly known. It also got me thinking: What else don't I know? So I became a historian of modern Iran.


Year: 2021