Actions for The United States and the Iranian nuclear programme : a critical history
The United States and the Iranian nuclear programme : a critical history / Steven Hurst
- Author
- Hurst, Steven
- Published
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
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- Contents
- Intro; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The 1970s: The Nuclear Relationship under the Shah; 2 The 1980s: Developing Hostility and the Origins of the Islamic Republic's Nuclear Programme; 3 The 1990s: Clinton and the Failure of Containment and Engagement; 4 2001-8: George W. Bush and the Failure of Confrontation; 5 2009-15: Obama and the Road to the JCPOA; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Summary
- Steven Hurst traces the development of the US - Iranian nuclear weapon crisis from the conception of Iran's nuclear programme in 1957 to the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015. Hurst adopts a broader perspective on the Iranian nuclear programme and explains the continued failure of the USA to halt it.
- Subject(s)
- Nuclear weapons—Iran
- Nuclear energy—Political aspects—Iran
- Nuclear nonproliferation—Iran—History
- Armes nucléaires—Iran
- Énergie nucléaire—Aspect politique—Iran
- Non-prolifération nucléaire—Iran—Histoire
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Government—International
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—International Relations—General
- ARCHITECTURE—Urban & Land Use Planning
- Diplomatic relations
- Nuclear energy—Political aspects
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- United States—Foreign relations—Iran
- Iran—Foreign relations—United States
- Iran
- United States
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780748682645 (electronic bk.)
0748682643 (electronic bk.)
9780748682669
074868266X
9780748682638 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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