Mohamed ElBaradei was deeply involved in the UN in the run-up to the Iraq War. Now, for the first time, he tells the story of what happened behind the scenes, and assesses the threat that nuclear weapons pose to our future.

The long section on the Iraq weapons inspections has the compelling feel of a high-level political drama as ElBaradei recount, with mounting frustration and horror, the constant manipulation of information that he can see leading up to a bloody conflict The Times Elegantly written and the period it covers was extraordinary Daily Telegraph Eloquent and convincing Sunday Times ElBaradei, a Nobel laureate, writes as a concerned former insider, looking back on his term as Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ... Imposing Literary Review

Mohamed ElBaradei served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1997 to 2009. Heralded for their work in limiting nuclear proliferation, ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. ElBaradei, who has a doctorate in International Law from the New York University School of Law, has been widely touted as a potential Egyptian presidential candidate in 2011. He lives in Cairo.