The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times
“ElBaradei has interesting stories to tell, and he tells them with verve... Anyone wishing to glimpse some of the central tensions in 21st-century international diplomacy should readThe Age of Deception.”—Washington Post “ElBaradei passionately advocates making diplomacy the main recourse in ­counterproliferation—and he’s right to do so.... The Age of Deceptionprovides the grist for serious debate even as it helpfully chronicles the International Atomic Energy Agency’s journey from a relatively obscure group of technicians to an organization with growing international clout.”—The New York Times Book Review “In this spirited memoir ElBaradei recounts ferreting out the nuclear secrets of the world’s most paranoid regimes, nerve-wracking adventures full of intrigue, car chases, and Pyongyang’s grim hotel accommodations. ElBaradei’s accounts of diplomacy are fascinating and rife with acerbic portraits of George W. Bush, Tony Blair, and other world leaders... The result is a lively, acerbic take on recent geo-political confrontations that makes an impassioned case for using persuasion rather than punishment to resolve the direst threats.”—Publishers Weekly