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Examines the history of relations between the United States and Iran and the various shifts in Iranian government that have affected those relations.

Relates the true story of a Green Beret colonel who came out of retirement to lead a secret raid to get two Americans out of an Iranian jail and home to America.

Argues that President Jimmy Carter's failure to support the Shah of Iran led to the 1979 Khomeini-led revolution in that country and in turn strengthened militant Islamists, leading to the terrorist attacks and Middle East instability of the early twenty-first century.

Explores the history and internal politics of North Korea, Iran, and Syria, identified by the George W. Bush administration as the "axis of evil, " and examines the record of U.S. intervention in those countries.

Examines the Iran hostage crisis during which fifty-two Americans were held hostage in the Tehran embassy for over 440 days, and offers insights into the event from the perspective of the hostages, soldiers sent to set them free, the radical captors, and diplomats trying to end the crisis.

A behind-the-scenes account of the negotiations to free the 52 hostages held by revolutionary students in Iran.

Written by the U.S. ambassador to Iran at the time of the revolution that deposed the shah, this narrative shows the forces at work in Iran and U.S. reactions.