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Author Pollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966- author.

Title Unthinkable : Iran, the Bomb, and American strategy / Kenneth M. Pollack.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  355.02 POL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  355.0217 POLLACK    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xxii, 536 pages : illustration, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-512) and index.
Contents Coming to the crossroads -- Reality and hyperbole. Iran from the inside out ; The Iranian nuclear program ; The threat of a nuclear Iran ; Proliferation -- Prevention. Setting the scene ; Bigger carrots, bigger sticks ; Regime change ; The Sword of David ; A return to arms -- Containment. The strategy that dare not speak its name ; Deterrence and extended deterrence ; The problem of containment ; Making containment work -- Choosing the least bad option.
Summary Examines Iran's current nuclear potential while charting America's future course of action, recounting the prolonged clash between both nations to outline options for American policymakers.
Subject Nuclear weapons -- Iran.
Nuclear arms control -- Government policy -- United States.
Nuclear nonproliferation -- Iran.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
United States -- Relations -- Iran.
Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Iran -- Relations -- United States.
Iran -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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