ISBN:
9780300120578
,
9780300143119
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 361 S.
,
23cm
DDC:
327.5694055
Keywords:
Iran Foreign relations
;
Israel Foreign relations
;
United States Foreign relations
;
Middle East Foreign relations
;
Iran
;
Israel
;
USA
;
Nahostkonflikt
;
Außenpolitik
;
Israel
;
Iran
;
Geschichte 1979-2006
;
Iran
;
Israel
;
USA
;
Außenpolitik
;
Iran
;
Israel
;
Außenpolitik
Abstract:
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 détente -- Betrayal in Afghanistan -- Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- Looking ahead -- Facing the future, facing reality -- Notes -- Appendix A : letter of protest from Haroun Yashayaei to president Ahmadinejad -- Appendix B : Iran's May 2003 negotiation proposal to the United States -- Appendix C : original U.S. draft negotiation proposal -- Appendix D : letter from Ambassador Guldimann to the U.S. State Department
Abstract:
Introduction : an eight hundred-pound gorilla -- Pt. 1. 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 -- Pt. 2. The unipolar era -- The new world order -- Trading enemies -- From cold peace to cold war -- With Likud, the periphery doctrine returns -- Khatami's détente -- Betrayal in Afghanistan -- Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- Pt. 3. 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
Description / Table of Contents:
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 détente -- 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018945.html
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