The Strangling of Persia Story of the European Diplomacy and Oriental Intrigue that Resulted in the Denationalization of Twelve Million Mohammedans. A Personal Narrative

by SHUSTER W Morgan

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Book description: 8vo The Century Co. New York 1912.. 1st US edition. Frontispiece, 55 plates of 84 photographs and 1 sketch map. Red decorative cloth. lxiii+423pp. An important account of a turbulent year. Shuster was employed as financial advisor to the Persian government in 1911. Persia had turned to America for help, needing to feel free of both British and Russian influence. Shuster was able to do a great deal to set the finances right but the mission was doomed by the pressure exerted by the ousted British and Russian interests and he was finally forced to leave.

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