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Sofaer Abraham D |
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Taking on Iran [[electronic resource] ] : strength, diplomacy and the Iranian threat / / by Abraham D. Sofaer ; foreword by George P. Shultz |
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Stanford, CA, : Hoover Institution Press, 2013 |
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Edizione |
[Updated ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Collana |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 637 |
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ShultzGeorge Pratt <1920-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International relations |
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United States Foreign relations Iran |
Iran Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations 1977-1981 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by George P. Shultz; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Dealing with the Iranian Threat; Regime Change; Sanctions; Negotiations and Direct Appeals; Preventive Attack or Containment?; An Alternative to Preventive Attack and Containment; Chapter 2 - Thirty Years of IRGC Aggression; Lebanon; Iraq; Afghanistan; Saudi Arabia; United States; Attacks on Other States; Interference with Navigational Rights; Chapter 3 - Thirty Years of US Weakness; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; George H.W. Bush; William J. Clinton; George W. Bush |
Barack ObamaChapter 4 - Defending Against IRGC Attacks; Legality of Defending Against IRGC Aggression; Legitimacy of Defensive Measures Against the IRGC; Covert Attacks; Balance of Consequences; Chapter 5 - Beyond Strength: Effective Diplomacy; Rhetorical Restraint; Regime Engagement; Limited Linkage; A Broad Agenda; Forum Flexibility; Conclusion; Notes; About the Author; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Abraham D. Sofaer argues that US policy toward Iran cannot safely be restricted to a strategy that considers only the two high-risk, costly, and potentially infeasible options of a preventive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities or containing a nuclear-armed Iran. Instead, the |
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