cover image All Fall Down

All Fall Down

Gary G. Sick. Penguin Books, $9.95 (46pp) ISBN 978-0-14-008837-3

The Iran specialist for the U.S. National Security Council during the American hostage crisis, Sick recounts the government's response and presents a dispiriting portrait of bureaucracy as a form of diplomacy. PW noted that Sick writes with ""brisk assurance, and his narrative gathers a satisfying momentum.'' (June)