| Description |
xxvii, 340 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
pt. I. A surge into modernity: the nuclear programme 1957-2001. In the beginning was the atom bomb: nuclear power and the post-war world -- Two centuries of loss: Iran at the advent of nuclear power -- The peacock wants to strut: nuclear power under the Shah -- Arms and the Shah: nuclear weapons under the Shah -- Slow decline, quick fall: the end of the Shah's programme -- Children of the revolution: a year of chaos, 1979 -- Restart all along, 1980-9 -- Iran's Islamic bomb? Nuclear weapons under the Islamic Republic -- Restart for real: the programme goes live, 1980-2002 -- Prologue to the nuclear clash, 1980-97 -- Aghazadeh's mission: acceleration, 1997-2002 -- pt. II. The greater game: the Iranian nuclear crisis, 2002-12. Crisis, 2002-3 -- From Tehran to Paris and beyond, 2003-5 -- Enter Ahmadinejad: reversing into the future, 2002-5 -- Enter Obama: nuclear détente? 2008-10 -- The end of diplomacy? The non-diplomatic alternative, 2010-12 -- Conclusion -- Appendixes : A. Stages of the nuclear fuel cycle ; B. Iran's nuclear power fuel cycle ; C. The nuclear weapons cycle |
| Subject |
Nuclear nonproliferation -- Iran.
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Nuclear arms control -- Iran.
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Nuclear energy -- Iran.
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Nuclear weapons -- Iran.
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067894
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140112
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| ISBN |
9781780761251 |
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1780761252 |
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