Gold, Dore. <br/><br/>
The rise of nuclear Iran :  how Tehran defies the West / 
 How Tehran defies the West 
Dore Gold. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Regnery Publishing. ,  2009. 
 - xii, 390 p., [8] p. of plates :  col. ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Map on end papers. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-378) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: diplomacy or democracy -- pt. 1. The anatomy of diplomatic failure -- Could the Islamic Republic of Iran be deterred? -- The revelation of the Iranian nuclear program and the Western response -- pt. 2. The history of misreading Iran -- Underestimating enmity: President Jimmy Carter and the new Islamic republic -- Iran attacks America in Beirut, but the Secretary of Defense is in denial -- Nuclear expansion under the robe of moderation -- After 9/11: a missed opportunity for U.S.-Iranian engagement? -- pt. 3. Why Western dialogue with Iran failed -- Where did the West go wrong? -- Understanding Ahmadinejad and the Revolutionary Guards' regime -- The Iranian octopus: Tehran's subversion across the Middle East -- The last opportunity to stop Iran -- Iranian elections and new Western options. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781596985711 (alk. paper) :  $27.95 1596985712 (alk. paper) :  $27.95 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009029556 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear weapons--Iran.<br/>Nuclear energy--Government policy--Iran.<br/>Nuclear arms control--Iran.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Iran--Foreign relations--1997-<br/>Armas nucleares--Iran<br/>Energía nuclear--Política gubernamental--Iran<br/>Control de las armas nucleares--Iran<br/>Iran--Relaciones exteriores--1997
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UA 853  / G618r 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.02/170955