نویسندگان این کتاب آشکارا خود را مخالف سرسخت هرگونه انقلابی در جهان که به زیان منافع انحصارچیان آمریکائی باشد میشناسانند و به همین انگیزه است که پیجوئی علل و موجبات شکست رسوای آمریکا در ایران، سیاست، یا به دریافت خود آنها، بیسیاستی کارتر را محکوم میسازند و برآشفتهاند که چرا در کشور ما حمام خون به راه نیفتاده و از ایران شیلی دیگری ساخته نشده است.
این کتاب به بخشهای شاهنشاه، محور واشنگتن- تهران، کارتر و ایران، بحران ۱ و بحران ۲، انقلاب، انتقام آیتالله تقسیم شده است.
Michael Arthur Ledeen was an American scholar and neoconservative foreign policy analyst. He was a consultant to the United States National Security Council, the United States Department of State, and the United States Department of Defense. He held the Freedom Scholar chair at the American Enterprise Institute where he was a scholar for 20 years, and also held the similarly named chair at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He was very close to Italian politician Antonio Martino. Ledeen was also noted to have done work for Italian intelligence agency SISMI, having received over $100,000 in payment to offshore bank accounts for services including but not limited to training Italian intelligence operatives. Ledeen denied these allegations but admitted that he did do work for SISMI and was paid for it.
Such a unique and contemporary (to the event) look at the Islamic Revolution. There was definitely new information and much more detailed information than I previously knew.