Nuclear Iran : the birth of an atomic state /

Nuclear Iran : the birth of an atomic state /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patrikarakos, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2012.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1957-2012.
Nuclear nonproliferation > Iran.
Nuclear arms control > Iran.
Nuclear energy > Iran.
Nuclear weapons > Iran.
Kernenergiepolitik.
Kernwaffe.
Rüstungspolitik.
Iran > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Iran.
Iran.
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of 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.