Edwin Black, a prize-winning journalist, seeks to “alert the world about Iran’s determination to destroy Israel with nuclear weapons,” and plenty of evidence in statements by leaders of Iran’s genocidal regime confirm his message. Indeed, the memory of the Holocaust hovers over the pages of this book, creating a tension with its cold analysis. For example, Iran needs far more than five Hiroshima-type nuclear bombs to destroy Israel, especially as Israel possesses Arrow anti-ballistic missiles.