Treacherous alliance the secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States

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 --...

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Veröffentlicht: New Haven u.a. Yale University Press 2007
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Zusammenfassung: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
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
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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XVIII, 361 S.
23cm
ISBN:9780300120578
978-0-300-12057-8
9780300143119
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