Parsi,Trita, 1974-

Treacherous alliance : the secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States / Trita Parsi. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007. - xviii, 361 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : an eight hundred-pound gorilla -- The cold war era -- An alliance of necessity : the secret friendship of the Shah -- Rise of Israel, rise of Iran -- Iran's quest for supremacy -- Sealing demise in the moment of triumph -- Megalomania -- The rise of Begin and the Israeli right -- Enter the sign of God -- Ideological shifts, geopolitical continuities -- Saddam attacks -- Scandal -- The dying gasp of the periphery doctrine -- The unipolar era -- The new world order -- Trading enemies -- From cold peace to cold war -- With Likud, the periphery doctrine returns -- Khatami's dâetente -- Betrayal in Afghanistan -- Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- Looking ahead -- Facing the future, facing reality -- Appendix A : Iran's May 2003 negotiation proposal to the United States -- Appendix B : Original U.S. draft negotiation proposal -- Appendix C : Letter from Ambassador Guldimann to the U.S. State Department.

9780300120578 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0300120575 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Iran--Foreign relations--Israel.
Israel--Foreign relations--Iran.
Medio Oriente--Relaciones exteriores --Estados Unidos
Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--Medio Oriente
Irán--Relaciones exteriores--Israel
Israel --Relaciones exteriores --Irán

439 DS 63.1 / P266t 2007