8vo. xiii, [1], 366 pp. cloth in d/w, pages browned otherwise copy in very good condition, notes, index, I. B. Tauris, London, 1985.

Synopsis

The book is the definitive chronicle of America’s disastrous confrontation with Iran during the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. It is also a penetrating case study of how the United States copes – or often fails to cope – with a major, unexpected international crisis. More than four years in the making, this is the authoritative account of extraordinary events that changed the course of history in the Middle East and throughout the world.