The biggest foreign-policy crisis of the age

{ "b" : "Iran Today," , "cite" : "by Dilip Hiro, Methuen, €14.60."}

Most of us, if we’re honest, will admit to being relatively ignorant about Iraq before the war gave us all a rapid and sobering education.

Over the next couple of years, it’s likely that we’ll be similarly required to become instant experts on the subject of Iran. This timely and valuable book gives us a chance to get ahead of ...