New thriller reveals real-life plot to oust Iranian shah

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "One day, I saw the gentleman responsible for Iran was on our staff, and he was preparing for a trip," says Kaplan, now retired from the State Department and a partner at Berliner Corcoran & Rowe in Washington, DC.
49% : And he said, 'I'm going to Iran to take down the shah.'
45% : The American ambassador [to Iran] was taking a hands-off policy.
44% : When the relationship with Iran collapsed, I was pretty upset.
35% : In 1978, he was a member of the Policy Planning Staff -- the principal strategic arm of the US State Department -- as trouble was starting to brew in Iran.
35% : "Night in Tehran" (paperback issue available on Oct. 19 from Melville House) tells the story of David Wieseman, an idealistic American diplomat who is tasked with easing the Iranian shah out of power and trying to navigate the best option between the military, the mullahs and the ruling class -- all while figuring out who to trust and who might kill him.

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