Unthinkable
Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy
1st Edition
Published on 10. September 2013
560 pages
978-1-4767-3394-4 (ISBN)
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The world's foremost expert on Middle Eastern relations examines Iran's current nuclear potential and charts America's future course of action.
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Kenneth Pollack is a well-known expert on the Middle East and Persian Gulf and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Charlie Rose, C-SPAN, and NPR. He is a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Dr. Pollack earned his BA from Yale and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of seven other books on the political, military, and economic affairs of the Middle East, including Unthinkable, The Threatening Storm and The Persian Puzzle.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Map: Iran and the Middle East
- Introduction: Coming to the Crossroads
- Part I: Reality and Hyperbole
- 1. Iran From the Inside Out
- 2. The Iranian Nuclear Program
- 3. The Threat of a Nuclear Iran
- 4. Proliferation
- Part II: Prevention
- 5. Setting the Scene
- 6. Bigger Carrots, Bigger Sticks
- 7. Regime Change
- 8. The Sword of David
- Map: Iran and Israel Military Dynamic
- 9. A Return to Arms
- Map: The U.S.-Iran Battle Space
- Part III: Containment
- 10. The Strategy That Dare Not Speak Its Name
- 11. Deterrence and Extended Deterrence
- 12. The Problems of Containment
- 13. Making Containment Work
- Conclusion: Choosing the Least Bad Option
- Acknowledgments
- About Kenneth M. Pollack
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
