Title Iran and nuclear weapons : protracted conflict and proliferation / Saira Khan

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : illustrations Series Routledge global security studies Routledge global security studies. Contents Causes of proliferation -- Factors utilized to comprehend Iran's nuclear weapons aspiration -- Theory -- Proliferation proclivities of protracted conflict states -- Case study : Iran -- Iran's nuclear ambition and twin protracted conflicts between 1947 and 1979 -- Iran's nuclear program and triple protracted conflicts from 1979 onwards -- The ramifications of the asymmetric Iran-US protracted conflict from 1990 to 2000 in Iran's nuclear domain -- Iran's fast-paced proliferation activity and hostile US policy since 2000 Summary This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Nuclear arms control -- Iran Nuclear weapons -- Iran Nuclear nonproliferation -- Case studies HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare. Diplomatic relations Nuclear arms control Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140112 Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067894 Subject Iran United States Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203869420 0203869427

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