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

Author: Trita Parsi
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Tracing the shifting relations among Israel, Iran, and the United States from 1948 to the present, this book uncovers the details of secret alliances, treacherous acts, and unsavoury political manoeuvrings that have undermined Middle Eastern stability and disrupted U.S. foreign policy initiatives in the region.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Trita Parsi
ISBN: 9780300120578 0300120575 9780300143119 0300143117
OCLC Number: 124164797
Description: xviii, 361 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 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.
Other Titles: Secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
Responsibility: Trita Parsi.
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