02369cam a2200445 a 4500 82517 20230410105252.0 090717s2009 wauabf b 001 0 eng 2009029556 (OCoLC)ocn246892990 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA JRS CDX UKM DMZ IH7 VP@ 9781596985711 (alk. paper) : $27.95 1596985712 (alk. paper) : $27.95 CDX 8799556 AU@ 000044493431 (OCoLC)246892990 a-ir--- UA 853 G618r 2009 355.02/170955 Gold, Dore. The rise of nuclear Iran : how Tehran defies the West / Dore Gold. How Tehran defies the West Washington, D.C. : Regnery Publishing. , 2009. xii, 390 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., map ; 24 cm. Map on end papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-378) and index. Introduction: diplomacy or democracy -- pt. 1. The anatomy of diplomatic failure -- Could the Islamic Republic of Iran be deterred? -- The revelation of the Iranian nuclear program and the Western response -- pt. 2. The history of misreading Iran -- Underestimating enmity: President Jimmy Carter and the new Islamic republic -- Iran attacks America in Beirut, but the Secretary of Defense is in denial -- Nuclear expansion under the robe of moderation -- After 9/11: a missed opportunity for U.S.-Iranian engagement? -- pt. 3. Why Western dialogue with Iran failed -- Where did the West go wrong? -- Understanding Ahmadinejad and the Revolutionary Guards' regime -- The Iranian octopus: Tehran's subversion across the Middle East -- The last opportunity to stop Iran -- Iranian elections and new Western options. Nuclear weapons Iran. Nuclear energy Government policy Iran. Nuclear arms control Iran. Iran Foreign relations 1997- Armas nucleares Iran Energía nuclear Política gubernamental Iran Control de las armas nucleares Iran Iran Relaciones exteriores 1997 Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0007928996 Coutts Information Services COUT 8799556 16.99 GBP lcc bk bc 33295 33295 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 UA 853 G618r 2009 00000074643 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk