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050  4 E183.8.I55|bD355 2009eb 
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245 00 Dangerous but not omnipotent :|bexploring the reach and 
       limitations of Iranian power in the Middle East /
       |cFrederic Wehrey [and others]. 
264  1 Santa Monica, CA :|bRAND Project Air Force,|c2009. 
300    1 online resource (xxviii, 203 pages) :|bcolor 
       illustrations, color map. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Rand Corporation monograph series 
500    "Prepared for the United States Air Force." 
500    "RAND Project Air Force." 
500    "MG-781-AF"--Page 4 of cover. 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0  Introduction: understanding the Iranian challenge -- 
       Assertiveness and caution in Iranian strategic culture -- 
       Asymmetric ambition and conventional reality: Iran's 
       evolving defense strategy, doctrine, and capabilities -- 
       Iran and its non-state partners: assessing linkages and 
       control -- Arab perceptions of the Iranian threat -- 
       Conclusion: U.S. strategy and the Islamic Republic. 
520    In an analysis grounded in the observation that although 
       Iranian power projection is marked by strengths, it also 
       has serious liabilities and limitations, this report 
       surveys the nature of both in four critical areas and 
       offers a new U.S. policy paradigm that seeks to manage the
       challenges Iran presents through the exploitation of 
       regional barriers to its power and sources of caution in 
       the regime's strategic calculus. 
588 0  Print version record. 
648  7 Since 1997|2fast 
650  0 Political culture|zIran. 
650  0 State-sponsored terrorism|zIran. 
650  0 Terrorism|zMiddle East. 
650  0 Weapons of mass destruction|zIran. 
650  0 Political culture. 
650  0 State-sponsored terrorism. 
650  0 Terrorism. 
650  0 Weapons of mass destruction. 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xGovernment|xInternational.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xInternational Relations|xGeneral.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 Diplomatic relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01907412 
650  7 Military policy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01021386 
650  7 Political culture.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01069263 
650  7 Politics and government.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919741 
650  7 State-sponsored terrorism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01131965 
650  7 Terrorism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01148101 
650  7 Weapons of mass destruction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01173041 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|zIran. 
651  0 Iran|xForeign relations|zUnited States. 
651  0 Iran|xPolitics and government|y1997- 
651  0 Iran|xMilitary policy. 
651  0 Iran|xForeign relations|zMiddle East. 
651  0 Middle East|xForeign relations|zIran. 
651  7 Iran.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204889 
651  7 Middle East.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01241586 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
651  7 Iran|xforeign policy|zMiddle East.|2sipri 
655  0 Electronic books. 
700 1  Wehrey, Frederic M. 
710 1  United States.|bAir Force. 
710 2  Project Air Force (U.S.) 
776 08 |iPrint version:|tDangerous but not omnipotent.|dSanta 
       Monica, CA : RAND Project Air Force, 2009|z9780833045546
       |z0833045547|w(DLC)  2009009797|w(OCoLC)314840381 
830  0 Rand Corporation monograph series. 
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