PRESIDENTS' SECRET WARS CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations Since World War II

New York: William Morrow & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 480 pages; Overall clean and tight in original binding in very good dustjacket (price-clipped). Inscribed on ffep to Kermit Roosevelt from Jonathan Roosevelt. Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt, Jr. (1916 - 2000) was the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt and was the mastermind of the Central Intelligence Agency's Operation Ajax, which orchestrated the coup against Iran's democratically-elected Mohammed Mossadegh administration, and returned Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, to Iran's Peacock Throne in August 1953 for the purpose of returning Western control of Middle Eastern oil supplies. These events are covered in this book on pages 91-107, which are a bit worn and have a couple of Roosevelt's notations. On the ffep is the following fascinating inscription from Jonathan Roosevelt (Kim's son) who also served with the CIA (recruited in 1960s). The inscription reads: "For our Pater Familias / During the years 1966-1973 I learned directly from those who served with you how respected you were by them and how much liked and missed. Their comments and affection were a nice experience for me. / Yours has been an active and fulfilled life and through the last forty-six years you have also found the time to be a great father. / Thanks & Love / Jonathan & Jae [ Jae Barlow, Jonathan's first wife] 1986. .