Nuclear Iran the birth of an atomic state /: the birth of an atomic state. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Patrikarakos.
• Other Names: Patrikarakos, David, 1977-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvii, 340 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 355.02/170955; Nuclear weapons -- Iran; Nuclear arms control -- Iran; HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare; Diplomatic relations; Military policy; Nuclear arms control; Nuclear weapons; Kernenergiepolitik; Kernwaffe; Rüstungspolitik; Iran -- Military policy; Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran; Iran; United States; Iran; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857721594; 0857721593; 9780857732705; 0857732706
• Related ISBNs: 9781780761251; 1780761252
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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