Military coups d’état have become a method for regime change. What experiences has the Iranian society had in this regard? What kinds of coups d’état have happened in Iran? What were the reasons? What political forces were the winners and what forces were undermined? What kind of regimes replaced the old ones? Yazdani does not retell a fifty-year history in his book. He tries to answer the above questions in an analytical manner. The first chapter is dedicated to a theoretical and historical discussion about the phenomenon of coups d’état. In Chapters 2 through 5, the Iranian coups d’état are discussed. In the final chapter, Yazdani tries to find the common features in those coups d’état to achieve a common pattern among all of them.

Military coups d’état have become a method for regime change. What experiences has the Iranian society had in this regard? What kinds of coups d’état have happened in Iran? What were the reasons? What political forces were the winners and what forces were undermined? What kind of regimes replaced the old ones? Yazdani does not retell a fifty-year history in his book. He tries to answer the above questions in an analytical manner. The first chapter is dedicated to a theoretical and historical discussion about the phenomenon of coups d’état. In Chapters 2 through 5, the Iranian coups d’état are discussed. In the final chapter, Yazdani tries to find the common features in those coups d’état to achieve a common pattern among all of them.