03581nam 2200649Ia 450 991082295850332120200520144314.00-8179-1636-9(CKB)2670000000417999(EBL)1370713(SSID)ssj0001104152(PQKBManifestationID)11593966(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001104152(PQKBWorkID)11088396(PQKB)11091771(MiAaPQ)EBC3301917(MiAaPQ)EBC1370713(Au-PeEL)EBL3301917(CaPaEBR)ebr10745329(CaONFJC)MIL551692(OCoLC)859158269(Au-PeEL)EBL1370713(OCoLC)876507771(EXLCZ)99267000000041799920130708d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaking on Iran strength, diplomacy and the Iranian threat /by Abraham D. Sofaer ; foreword by George P. ShultzUpdated ed.Stanford, CA Hoover Institution Press20131 online resource (201 p.)Hoover Institution Press publication ;no. 637Description based upon print version of record.0-8179-1634-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. BushBarack 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; IndexAbraham 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 United States should respond forcefully to Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aggression, enhancing its credibility and increasing the likelihood that Iran will negotiate in earnest. The United States must also be prepared to engage Iran in a disciplined manner, avoiding disabling preconditions and adopting the negoHoover Institution Press publication ;637.International relationsUnited StatesForeign relationsIranIranForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1977-1981International relations.327.73055090511Sofaer Abraham D571523Shultz George Pratt1920-108500MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822958503321Taking on Iran4196522UNINA