1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464350403321

Autore

Davis Jacquelyn K

Titolo

Anticipating a nuclear Iran : challenges for U.S. security / / Jacquelyn K. Davis and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr ; Noah Arlow, jacket design

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-231-53594-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PfaltzgraffRobert L

ArlowNoah

Disciplina

355.02/170955

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons - Iran

Electronic books.

Iran Military policy

Iran Politics and government 1997-

Iran Foreign relations 1997-

United States Relations Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES AND BOXES -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction: Setting the Scene for Iran's Emergence as a Nuclear Power -- 2. The Deterrence Dynamics of an Iran with Nuclear Weapons -- 3. Considerations Influencing Iran's Nuclear Emergence -- 4. Nuclear Weapons Operationalization: What Type of Nuclear Force? -- 5. Implications for U.S. Strategic and Operational Planning -- 6. U.S. Deterrence Planning in the Event of an Iranian Nuclear Breakout -- 7. Dealing with a Nuclear Iran and Asymmetric Challenges -- 8. U.S. Deterrence Planning and Iran -- NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is based on the assumption that Iran will soon obtain nuclear weapons, and Jacquelyn K. Davis and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr. develop alternative models for assessing the challenges of a nuclear Iran for U.S. security. Through three scenario models, the book explores the political, strategic, and operational challenges facing the United States in a post-Cold War world. The authors concentrate on the type of nuclear capability Iran might develop; the conditions under



which Iran might resort to threatened or actual weapons use; the extent to which Iran's military strategy and declaratory policy might embolden Iran and its proxies to pursue more aggressive policies in the region and vis-à-vis the United States; and Iran's ability to transfer nuclear materials to others within and outside the region, possibly sparking a nuclear cascade. Drawing on recent post-Cold War deterrence theory, the authors consider Iran's nuclear ambitions as they relate to its foreign policy objectives, domestic politics, and role in the Islamic world, and they suggest specific approaches to improve U.S. defense and deterrence planning.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826902303321

Autore

De Ritter Richard

Titolo

Imagining women readers, 1789-1820 : well-regulated minds / / Richard De Ritter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015

© 2014

ISBN

1-5261-0213-7

1-78170-724-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

820.9928709033

Soggetti

English literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Women - Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 18th century

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Women - Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Women and literature - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Women and literature - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Authors and readers - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Authors and readers - Great Britain - History - 19th century

English literature - 18th century - History and criticism

Literature

Gender Studies: Women

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies

Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references  (pages 207-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. 'Like a sheet of white paper': books, bodies, and the sensuous materials of the mind -- 2. 'Wholesome labour': the work of reading -- 3. 'The enlightened energy of parental affection': post-revolutionary schemes of education -- 4. 'Leisure to be wise': female education and the possibilities of domesticity -- 5. Making the novel-readers of a country: pleasure and the practised reader -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Imagining Women Readers' reassesses the cultural significance of women's reading in the period 1789-1820. While much attention has been paid to the moral panic provoked by novel-reading during this period, this study offers a more progressive and enabling narrative. From the turbulent years following the French Revolution to the fiction of Jane Austen, 'Imagining Women Readers' charts the rise of a self-regulating reader, who possesses both moral and cultural authority.