Treacherous alliance
Subtitle: the secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
By: Trita Parsi.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780300120578
Subjects: Iran -- Foreign relations -- Israel; Israel -- Foreign relations -- Iran; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East; Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : an eight hundred-pound gorilla; title: The cold war era; title: An alliance of necessity : the secret friendship of the Shah; title: Rise of Israel, rise of Iran; title: Iran's quest for supremacy; title: Sealing demise in the moment of triumph; title: Megalomania; title: The rise of Begin and the Israeli right; title: Enter the sign of God; title: Ideological shifts, geopolitical continuities; title: Saddam attacks; title: Scandal; title: The dying gasp of the periphery doctrine; title: The unipolar era; title: The new world order; title: Trading enemies; title: From cold peace to cold war; title: With Likud, the periphery doctrine returns; title: Khatami's détente; title: Betrayal in Afghanistan; title: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory; title: Looking ahead; title: Facing the future, facing reality; title: Notes; title: Appendix A : letter of protest from Haroun Yashayaei to president Ahmadinejad; title: Appendix B : Iran's May 2003 negotiation proposal to the United States; title: Appendix C : original U.S. draft negotiation proposal; title: Appendix D : letter from Ambassador Guldimann to the U.S. State Department.