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Kermit Roosevelt Jr. was a man of great cunning and intellect, a true master of the intelligence game. Born on February 16, 1916, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he grew up with the legacy of his grandfather, the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, looming large over him.
As Kermit Roosevelt argues in this eye-opening reinterpretation of the American story, our fundamental values, particularly equality, are not part of the vision of the Founders. Instead, they were stated in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and were the hope of Reconstruction, when it was possible to envision the emergence of the nation committed to liberty and equality.
24 de sept. de 2015 · Early in the afternoon of August 26, 1953, a 37-year old CIA officer, Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt, was ushered quietly into Number 10, Downing Street. Led to a living room by a military aide, Roosevelt found the prime minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, lying in a bed, propped up by pillows.
6 de nov. de 2023 · Kermit Roosevelt Jr. (February 16, 1916 – June 8, 2000) was an American intelligence officer who served in the Office of Strategic Services during and following World War II. A grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, Roosevelt went on to establish American Friends of the Middle East and then played a lead role ...
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. was in charge of the CIA's Near East and Africa Division, and the planner behind Operation Ajax, the CIA's 1953 overthrow of the Iranian government. The coup d'état, authorized by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, began with US operatives staging riots in the streets of Tehran, and ended with the ...
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ISBN: 0070535906. Countercoup: The Struggle for the Control of Iran is the controversial memoir of CIA man Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. (aka Kim Roosevelt), grandson of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The book recounts his role in overthrowing democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh with triumphant zeal.
