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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795435103321

Autore

Parsi Trita

Titolo

Losing an enemy : Obama, Iran, and the triumph of diplomacy / / Trita Parsi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-300-22815-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

973.932092

Soggetti

Iran-Foreign relations-1997-

Iran-Foreign relations-Israel

Iran-Foreign relations-United States

Israel-Foreign relations-Iran

Israel-Foreign relations

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action-(2015 July 14)

Nuclear arms control-Iran

Nuclear nonproliferation-International cooperation

Obama, Barack

Security, International

United States-Foreign relations-2009-2017

United States-Foreign relations-Iran

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy

Iran Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-439) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE Introduction -- TWO Israel’s Master Stroke -- THREE The Epic Mistake -- FOUR American Disorder -- FIVE A New Year’s Greeting -- SEVEN All-Out Escalation -- EIGHT Obama and the Mossad Against Netanyahu -- NINE The Arabs Who Brought Iran and the United States Together -- TEN The “Concession” -- ELEVEN The Sheikh of Diplomacy -- TWELVE From Muscat to Geneva -- THIRTEEN The Pressure Paradox -- FOURTEEN “Our Eyes Were Bleeding” -- FIFTEEN The Unclenched Fist --



SIXTEEN The War Zone in Washington -- SEVENTEEN Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The definitive book on Obama’s historic nuclear deal with Iran from the author of the Foreign Affairs Best Book on the Middle East in 2012This timely book focuses on President Obama’s deeply considered strategy toward Iran’s nuclear program and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent stalemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts. The deal accomplished two major feats in one stroke: it averted the threat of war with Iran and prevented the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Trita Parsi, a Middle East foreign policy expert who advised the Obama White House throughout the talks and had access to decision-makers and diplomats on the U.S. and Iranian sides alike, examines every facet of a triumph that could become as important and consequential as Nixon’s rapprochement with China. Drawing from more than seventy-five in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, including Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, this is the first authoritative account of President Obama’s signature foreign policy achievement.