A Time to Betray : The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran (Hardcover)

from HelenGress

This is a true account of a spy-a man who for over a decade informed on the Islamic Republic regime to the American CIA. It is a human story, a chronicle of family and friendships torn apart by a terror-mongering regime, and how the adult choices of three childhood mates during the Islamic Republ...

from Eagleduck86

An interesting and absorbing account; although some of his accounts of unverifiable conversations seem a bit too convenient to the image of himself he is trying to present (e.g. confronting his friend about the morality of his role in the regime right before the friend gets killed).

from hnn

To me, the whole book sounds like a bad novel, pretending to be for real, and riding on the scare for Iran, in order to get good publicity. A waste of time.

from cousindolly

Most Americans know next to nothing about this part of the world. This book is very helpful in understanding how the Islamists have radically changed Iran, and their ongoing influence in the broader region. I couldn't put this book down. I read it in two days. I highly recommend you take the time...