Iran and the Bomb : The United States, Iran, and the Nuclear Question / Sina Azodi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Azodi, Sina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Iran.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear weapons--Iran.

Nuclear weapons.

United States--Foreign relations--Iran.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Iran’s nuclear program remains one of the most contentious issues of modern international politics. This book is the first to trace the evolution of Iran’s nuclear strategy (program) in the broader context of its relationship with the United States, from the early days of total US support in the 1950s to the staunch opposition that followed the Iranian revolution, and its reconstitution. The account covers the pivotal moments including initial meetings to pursue uranium enrichment in Iran, key internal debates, the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Donald Trump’s controversial withdrawal and the latest efforts to revive the agreement. The book shows that because the strategic logic of the nuclear program transcends the regimes type, dismantling the Iranian nuclear program is not viable policy option for the United States. Instead, the US must learn to live with a nuclear threshold state and make it a priority to keep Iranian capacity as far away from the bomb as possible. The research is based on American declassified documents and often marginalized Iranian primary sources including political memoirs, diplomatic correspondences, oral histories from Iranian nuclear officials and exclusive one-on-one interviews with Iranian scientists and national security officials. The account and its findings have important implications for both scholars of nuclear non-proliferation and for policymakers.

Contents:

Introduction Chapter 1: The Exploration Years 1950-1970 Chapter 2: Years of Expansion 1972-1978 Chapter 3: Hibernation and Rejuvenation 1979-2000 Chapter 4: Years of Upheaval 2001-2005 Chapter 5: Defiance And Diplomacy 2005-2015 Chapter 6: Nuclear Restraint 2015-2018 Chapter 7: Maximum Resistance 2018-2021 Chapter 8: The Unravelling Years 2021-2024 Epilogue: Between the Bomb and the Deal Conclusion

ISBN:

9780755659937

OCLC:

1579269115