Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran
Edited by Mark J. Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004, 360 pp.)

Winner of the 2004 Mosaddeq Foundation (Geneva) Prize for best book on Iran. The prize is awarded every two years "to a book the text of which is devoted to the geopolitical, economic and social situation in Iran, written impartially and objectively."

"More books should have this pedigree … The results are impressive: seven polished studies that speak to each other … richly detailed and tightly reasoned …"
- Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2004

"This book … sheds vital new light on issues that remain crucial to the evolution of U.S.-Iran relations and to continuing questions about unilateralism and secrecy in U.S. foreign policy."
- Nikki Keddie, UCLA

"Mark Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne have assembled a stellar array of talented scholars … This is an exceptional collection dealing with a uniquely important event."
- Gary Sick, Columbia, University

"This multinational, multiarchival history is a magnificent addition to the literature on post-World War II international history."
- Melvyn Leffler, U. of Virginia

The Iran-Contra Scandal: The Declassified History
by Malcolm Byrne and Peter Kornbluh (New York: The New Press, 314 pp.)

"The Iran-Contra documents assembled by the National Security Archive take us inside the Ragan/Bush administrations, where lying and deception of the press, Congress and the public were as essential to the government's policies as the illegal operations themselves."
- Seymour M. Hersh

"Among the myriad books from this event, this volume alone provides the public record needed to reach a final verdict. A professionally done volume, it belongs in every public school and academic library."
- Library Journal

The Chronology: The Documented Day-By-Day Account of Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras
by Scott Armstrong, Malcolm Byrne, Tom Blanton and the National Security Archive, (New York: Warner Books, 1987, 687 pp.).

"The most comprehensive, authoritative, objective and useful summary of the Iran-Contra affair available. It makes the pieces fall into place and brings the individual players into focus."
- Bob Woodward, The Washington Post

"The Chronology is an extremely valuable work."
- Peter Jennings
ABC World News Tonight

"Essential reading."
- Stephen Engelberg
The New York Times