Despite these criticisms, the book can be a useful read. For those who agree that Obama should have done more to extend a hand of friendship to Tehran, it will be a satisfying exercise in self-affirmation.

Treacherous Alliance wallows in half-truths and conspiracy rather than fact.

Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemiesis abook whose predictions and analysis willappear silly in hindsight.

Remaining silent is not neutral; it is casting a vote for the status quo, including the primacy of the supreme leader and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Iranian "roadmap" was not a roadmap and was not Iranian.

Efforts by the international community to engage Iran have utterly failed, leaving regime change as the key to solving the problem.