... , and took control of Iran's communications and prized railroad. In 1942 the United States, an ally of Britain and the USSR during the war, sent a military force to Iran to help maintain and operate sections of the railroad. The British and Soviet authorities allowed Reza Shah's system to collapse and limited the constitutional government's power. They permitted Reza Shah's son, Mohammad Reza Shah ... politicians, military officers, and the shah were prepared to work with the CIA to bring down Mossadegh and his government. The first coup in August 1953 failed and the shah was forced to fl...

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... . Lawlessness would only occur in the ultimate stage of pure communism. Until the ultimate stages are reached, however, communism involves the abolition of private property by a revolutionary movement; responsibility for meeting public needs is then vested in the state (Daniels, 177). Communism is a the concept of and ideal society, ... monarchy but there is no actual power vested in the queen. British democracy has a system of balanced rights and divided authority and this is not completely dissimilar to our checks and balances. The British government must consider the views of many indi...

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