"Sean Goforth merits praise for tackling a difficult and, from the U.S. security perspective, vexing research challenge. He has, without the assistance of the Central Intelligence Agency, projected a powerful light onto the expanding relationship between Venezuela, under its anti-American president Hugo Chavez, and the revolutionary Islamist tyrants of Iran. Determined to wage an asymmetric struggle against the United States, ... Read moreVenezuela and Iran stand united in their efforts to undermine U.S. influence throughout the Western Hemisphere. Axis of Unity is a wake-up call. It should be required reading for the White House, the State Department, and all aspirants to the U.S. presidency in 2012."—Ray Walser, senior policy analyst, Heritage Foundation "What Sean Goforth does in this book is remind us that America's opponents don't just stand still, waiting to be picked off. Washington has clearly mishandled our relationships with both 'revolutionary' Iran and Venezuela, and Goforth does a great job pointing us all toward better policies."—Thomas P. M. Barnett, author of Great Powers: America and the World after Bush and chief analyst, Wikistrat "The Iran-Venezuela-Russia alliance poses the most serious security threat in the Americas since the Soviet-Cuban alliance of the Cold War. For Goforth, the threats are real, ranging from 'infecting' pro-U.S. governments with instability, permitting each other and their allied nations to rely less on the West, and providing safe passage among themselves of 'unsavory people and things,' like terrorists, fugitives, arms, illicit funds, and even uranium. Goforth is no alarmist, but he shows nonetheless that no state, especially those situated near these axis members, should take these threats lightly."—Javier Corrales, professor of political science, Amherst College, and author of Dragon in the Tropics Show Less