LEADER 04551nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910819769303321 005 20240912170000.0 010 $a1-281-72880-2 010 $a9786611728809 010 $a0-300-13806-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300138061 035 $a(CKB)1000000000477783 035 $a(EBL)3420245 035 $a(OCoLC)923591113 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000261944 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241811 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261944 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269977 035 $a(PQKB)10431650 035 $a(DE-B1597)485404 035 $a(OCoLC)952737156 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300138061 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420245 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10190702 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172880 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7022761 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420245 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7022761 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000477783 100 $a20070507d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTreacherous alliance $ethe secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States /$fTrita Parsi 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (382 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-12057-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-339) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$t1 Introduction: An Eight-Hundred-Pound Gorilla --$t2 An Alliance of Necessity: The Secret Friendship of the Shah --$t3 Rise of Israel, Rise of Iran --$t4 Iran's Quest for Supremacy --$t5 Sealing Demise in the Moment of Triumph --$t6 Megalomania --$t7 The Rise of Begin and the Israeli Right --$t8 Enter the Sign of God --$t9 Ideological Shifts, Geopolitical Continuities --$t10 Saddam Attacks! --$t11 Scandal --$t12 The Dying Gasp of the Periphery Doctrine --$t13 The New World Order --$t14 Trading Enemies --$t15 From Cold Peace to Cold War --$t16 With Likud, the Periphery Doctrine Returns --$t17 Khatami's Détente --$t18 Betrayal in Afghanistan --$t19 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory --$t20. Facing the Future, Facing Reality --$tNotes --$tAppendix A: Iran's May 2003 Negotiation Proposal to the United States --$tAppendix B: Original U.S. Draft Negotiation Proposal --$tAppendix C: Letter from Ambassador Guldimann to the U.S. State Department --$tIndex 330 $aIn this era of superheated rhetoric and vitriolic exchanges between the leaders of Iran and Israel, the threat of nuclear violence looms. But the real roots of the enmity between the two nations mystify Washington policymakers, and no promising pathways to peace have emerged. This book traces the shifting relations among Israel, Iran, and the United States from 1948 to the present, uncovering for the first time the details of secret alliances, treacherous acts, and unsavory political maneuverings that have undermined Middle Eastern stability and disrupted U.S. foreign policy initiatives in the region. Trita Parsi, a U.S. foreign policy expert with more than a decade of experience, is the only writer who has had access to senior American, Iranian, and Israeli decision makers. He dissects the complicated triangular relations of their countries, arguing that America's hope for stability in Iraq and for peace in Israel is futile without a correct understanding of the Israeli-Iranian rivalry. Parsi's behind-the-scenes revelations about Middle East events will surprise even the most knowledgeable readers: Iran's prime minister asks Israel to assassinate Khomeini, Israel reaches out to Saddam Hussein after the Gulf War, the United States foils Iran's plan to withdraw support from Hamas and Hezbollah, and more. This book not only revises our understanding of the Middle East's recent past, it also spells out a course for the future. In today's belligerent world, few topics, if any, could be more important. 606 $aInternational relations 607 $aIran$xForeign relations$zIsrael 607 $aIsrael$xForeign relations$zIran 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMiddle East 607 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a327.5694055 700 $aParsi$b Trita$0473433 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819769303321 996 $aTreacherous alliance$9226809 997 $aUNINA