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The United States and Iran : sanctions, wars and the policy of dual containment

This book analyzes the development of US 'dual containment' policy towards Iran and Iraq with special reference to the former. It covers the period from the early 1980s through to the present.
Print Book, English, 2008
Routledge, London, 2008
vii, 264 pages ; 24 cm.
9780415773966, 9780203946206, 0415773962, 0203946200
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On the origins of the dual containment policy
The dual containment policy in the 1980s
Israel and the dual containment policy
The Clinton years and the dual containment policy
The neoconservatives, dual rollback, and Israel
Pushing Iran to the top of the "to do" lists
Paving the road to the UN Security Council
Iran is referred to the Security Council
On the road to UN sanctions
Success at last: UN sanctions imposed on Iran