The Foreign Service Journal, December 2015

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | DECEMBER 2015 13 That article, “What Really Happened in Iran—The CIA, the Ouster of Mosaddeq and the Restoration of the Shah,” argues that, while we and the British did sow the seeds of an uprising against Mosaddeq, our efforts failed. But then a truly popular uprising, led by civilians, materialized in support of the shah. Takeyh writes: “Since 1953, and especially since the 1979 Revolution that toppled the shah, the truth about the coup has been obscured by self-serving narratives concocted by Americans and Iranians alike. ...The theocratic revolu- tionaries have been assisted in this distor- tion by American accounts that grossly exaggerate the significance of the U.S. role in pushing Mosaddeq from power.” Please share this clarification with your readers (along with my email: lu@ rudel.net). Some of them are likely to be involved in future dealings with Iran. Lu Rudel USAID FSR, retired Flinton, Pennsylvania Corrections In the November roundup of recent books by Foreign Service authors, “In Their Own Write,” William R. McPher- son’s career was mistakenly described on page 37 as including postings in Korea and the Philippines. McPherson, the author of Climate, Weather and Ideology: Climate Change Denial , served overseas in Japan and Switzerland only. Also, in “A Bibliography of USAID Authors” on page 40, John Pielemeier’s email address is listed incorrectly. Please direct any correspondence to him at Jpielemeie@aol.com . We regret the errors. n