FROM THE PUBLISHER
In his chilling new book, New York Times bestselling author Kenneth R. Timmerman blows the lid off the greatest threat America faces: the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Using his exclusive access to previously classified documents, Iranian defectors and officials, and high-level sources in the U.S. government and intelligence community, Timmerman blows the lid off previously unreported threats and our intelligence community's failure to deal with these dangers. And now it could be too late.

To get the complete story on Iran's radical Islamic regime, Timmerman crisscrosses the globe, taking the reader into secret terrorist gatherings in Tehran, into tense meetings in the White House, to debriefings at an obscure CIA outpost in Azerbaijan, to diplomatic face-offs in the Kremlin, and to many other spots along the way. His extensive investigative reporting allows him to lay bare the true nature of the Iranian threat.
For Americans interested in the truth about Iran, Countdown to Crisis may amount to a call for action-or even a case for war.

FROM THE CRITICS
Cal Thomas - nationally syndicated columnist
"Ken Timmerman delivers another blockbuster, this time on Iran and its clandestine nuclear program. Few things are more relevant to today's world than what happens in the Middle East-especially in Iran, a major player in the 'axis of evil.' Read this book, be warned, and then equip yourself for battle." John F. Lehman - 9/11 Commission member and former Secretary of the Navy "With so many amateur intelligence experts clouding the public dialogue, it is a pleasure to read the work of an author of real professionalism. Timmerman adds texture and clarity to the gross failures of our intelligence establishment and new visibility to the role of Iran in the Islamist war against America."

OTHER KENNETH TIMMERMAN BOOKS TO READ:

French Betrayal of America
Author: Kenneth R. Timmerman
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
March 2005

FROM THE PUBLISHER
In this stunning New York Times bestseller, investigative journalist Kenneth R. Timmerman-who lived and worked in France for nearly two decades-exposes the depth of France's treachery. Reading this shocking insider account, Americans will see their anger at France turn to sheer outrage. In a brand-new chapter, Timmerman shows how French perfidy continues unabated. The newly updated French Betrayal of America: Blows the lid off France's extensive involvement in the UN Oil-for-Food scandal, Reveals damaging new evidence of how the French provided arms and assistance to Saddam's Iraq right up until the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, Shows how France continues to do everything in its power to make America fail in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, Exposes France's hypocrisy: its leaders oppose American "unilateralism" in Iraq even while they pursue their own course to protect a lucrative neocolonial preserve in Africa Read The French Betrayal of America to find out the unvarnished truth about the supposed ally that the United States should now treat as an enemy.

Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America
Author: Kenneth R. Timmerman
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
November 2004

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Like no book before it, Preachers of Hate uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The "new" anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general. It targets our values, our lifestyle, and our freedoms. It is the single most important issue we face when trying to make sense of the Arab world.

Most Americans will be stunned to discover the depth and extent of anti-Semitic hatred in today's Middle East and Europe, and that many Muslim leaders are not just encouraging it, but spending a great deal of money to spread the lies that spawned the terrorists responsible for the September 11 attack on America. In Preachers of Hate, bestselling author Kenneth R. Timmerman (who is not Jewish) contends that, besides Islam itself, the core unifying force in the Muslim world is a virulent strain of anti-Semitism that postulates the existence of a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. >From the pulpits of fiery Muslim clerics to the Arab street, and to the highest reaches of government and state-sponsored media, there is a belief that this thousand-year-old conspiracy has already taken hold in America and is now, especially after the war in Iraq, about to do the same in the Middle East and beyond. It is seen as no less than Muslims' historical destiny to prevent such a takeover, and to do so by any means possible. To misunderstand the ferocity of that belief is to vastly underestimate the resolve of many Muslims to repel America, Israel, and all things Western.

Timmerman explores the roots of this hatred, examining its history, the religious sources upon which it draws, and how it is beingtransmitted to young people growing up in Arab societies by their leaders, their teachers, and their mosques. He documents how U.S. and European Union money has been used to finance hatred in Palestinian schools. He exposes the double-talk of Arab leaders and their supporters in the West. As it so often was throughout history, this new strain of Jew hatred is really about much more than Jews. They get attacked first, when the enemies of America can't attack Americans. However, what begins with the Jews never ends with the Jews.

"Is there a conspiracy between America and the Jews?" asks Timmerman. "Indeed there is: A common heritage, a dedication to improving the human condition through compassion and tolerance of differences--a conspiracy of freedom. And that is why they hate us." As with the Jews throughout history, America has been "unfairly successful." As have the Jews, Americans have "profited" from the misery and poverty of others. If you hate Jews, you must also hate America. Such is the simple logic of the anti-Semite. Such, increasingly, is the logic of the Middle East. It is a message that is reinforced day in and day out by the official government-sanctioned Arab media, from the streets of Egypt, London, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Paris, and Gaza, and in the mosques where impassioned clerics quote verbatim texts like the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a pillar of anti-Semitic hatred that originated in czarist Russia.