The Persian Gulf island nation of Bahrain is flattened, and the U.S. Fifth Fleet Headquarters destroyed, when a nuclear bomb detonates. 
 An Iranian Sheik announces he is responsible – that a now fully nuclear armed Iran should be given credit for driving away the “Great Satan.”
   How the U.S. responds to this attack creates a showdown between a militant White House and those who want a more measured response.
MORAL VENGEANCE provides an unsettling look at the strengths and weaknesses of what could be America’s next challenge.