Anticipating a Nuclear Iran : : Challenges for U.S. Security /

Anticipating a Nuclear Iran : : Challenges for U.S. Security / / Robert Pfaltzgraff Jr., Jacquelyn Davis.

This volume is based on the assumption that Iran will soon obtain nuclear weapons, and Jacquelyn K. Davis and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr. develop alternative models for assessing the challenges of a nuclear Iran for U.S. security. Through three scenario models, the book explores the political, strateg...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Davis, Jacquelyn,
Pfaltzgraff Jr., Robert,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; ‹B›Charts: ‹/B›3.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES AND BOXES
  • PREFACE
  • 1. Introduction: Setting the Scene for Iran's Emergence as a Nuclear Power
  • 2. The Deterrence Dynamics of an Iran with Nuclear Weapons
  • 3. Considerations Influencing Iran's Nuclear Emergence
  • 4. Nuclear Weapons Operationalization: What Type of Nuclear Force?
  • 5. Implications for U.S. Strategic and Operational Planning
  • 6. U.S. Deterrence Planning in the Event of an Iranian Nuclear Breakout
  • 7. Dealing with a Nuclear Iran and Asymmetric Challenges
  • 8. U.S. Deterrence Planning and Iran
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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