The Betrayal: Carter, Khomeini, and America's Secret Surrender in Iran

Part investigative history, part Cold War nonfiction thriller, The Betrayal reveals the secret diplomacy, internal power struggles, and fatal miscalculations behind one of the most consequential foreign policy decisions of the twentieth century.

As revolution swept across Iran and the Shah’s authority crumbled, Washington quietly abandoned the pretense of supporting the monarchy. Even as Ayatollah Khomeini rallied support from exiles in Paris, the Carter administration opened a secret channe...