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Sofaer Abraham D
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Titolo: |
Taking on Iran [[electronic resource] ] : strength, diplomacy and the Iranian threat / / by Abraham D. Sofaer ; foreword by George P. Shultz
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Pubblicazione: | Stanford, CA, : Hoover Institution Press, 2013 |
Edizione: | Updated ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.73055090511 |
Soggetto topico: | International relations |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Iran |
Iran Foreign relations United States | |
United States Foreign relations 1977-1981 | |
Altri autori: |
ShultzGeorge P. <1920-2021.>
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 nego |
Titolo autorizzato: | Taking on Iran ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8179-1636-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910787548003321 |
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