The Iran Threat - Alireza Jafarzadeh

The Iran Threat

President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis
Buch | Softcover
320 Seiten
2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-60128-4 (ISBN)
23,65 inkl. MwSt
From the controversial expert who brought Iran's nuclear program to the attention of the world comes a searing expose of the inner workings and plans of Iran's mullahs. With access to dissident groups inside Iran, Alireza Jafarzadeh traces Ahmadinejad's radical roots and involvement in terror attacks to his impact on Iran's weapons program.
From the controversial expert who brought Iran's nuclear program to the attention of the world in 2002 comes a searing expose of the inner workings and plans of Iran's mullahs. With access to dissident groups inside Iran, Alireza Jafarzadeh traces President Ahmadinejad's radical roots and involvement in terror attacksto his impact on Iran's weapons program. He reveals new details on Iran's meddling in Iraq and its broader goals for the future of the Middle East. This is the most authoritative account to date of the looming threat Iran poses to the United States and the Gulf region.Readers will learn for the first time:*President Ahmadinejad's radical past as a feared torturer of political prisoners and his zealous mission to deliver the regime its first nuclear bomb*The chilling trend of the military's increasing control of the nuclear program *How Ahmadinejadwas handpicked by Iran's mullahs to helpcreate an Islamic Republic in Iraq *The latest covert actions to bury nuclear facilities in tunnels*The story of the front companies Iran used to buy its nuclear technology undetected*The author's original and insightful policy options to end the Iranian threat

Alireza Jafarzadehis a terrorism expert, Middle East analyst, and Fox News Channel Foreign Affairs Analyst. He is president of Strategic Policy Consulting, Inc. in Washington D.C.and has frequently appeared on major television and radio broadcasts including CNN, MSNBC, CBS Evening News, NBC, NPR, and BBC to discuss Iran. Jafarzadeh is also former media director for the Washington, DCoffice of the parliament-in-exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Preface * Introduction: My Iran * Part I: A Study in Terror * Child of the 'Revolution' * Son of the Regime: Ahmadinejad's Rise Up Iran's Military and Political Ranks * Aura of Oppression: The Ahmadinejad Presidency * Part II: Iran's Grand Plan * Global Ambitions: The Iranian Regime's Radical Fundamentalist Ideology * Part III: The Secret Insurgency * Nexus of Terror * The Enemy Next Door: Iran's Role in Iraq * Part IV: March to the Bomb * Nuclear Command: The Militarization of Iran's Nuclear Program * A History of Deception: Iran's Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Weapons Capability * Camouflage and Concealment: Hiding the Nuclear Program Underground and Behind Front Companies * Fast Forward: Ahmadinejad Advances Iran's Race for the Bomb * Part V: If and When * Worst-Case Scenario: Consequences of a Nuclear-Armed Iran * Beyond Negotiation: Toward an Iran Policy * Afterword

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.2.2008
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 232 mm
Gewicht 377 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10 0-230-60128-6 / 0230601286
ISBN-13 978-0-230-60128-4 / 9780230601284
Zustand Neuware
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