“An enthralling read"

– The Economist

"Thoroughly researched and persuasively argued."

– Publishers Weekly

"Ronen Bergman has managed to pull off that much-vaunted trick, beloved of blurb-writers, of making a serious ivestigative boook read like a thriller."

– Jewish Chronicle

"Ronen Bergman combines a remarkable flair for research and tracking down elusive documents with a talent for exposition which impresses both academic and non-academic audiences."

– Christopher Andrew - former Chair of the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge and Official

"A groundbreaking and often startling examination of the Iranian threat and of Western efforts to combat it. Dr. Bergman has made a vital contribution to our understanding of the most pressing issue in Middle Eastern and world affairs today."

– Michael Oren - author of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Prese

"Bergman has amazing access and sources inside the Israeli intelligence and military communities. There is much to learn from his reporting."

– Seymour Hersh - Pulitzer Prize winning, investigative journalist and author, regular contributor to