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Across the Western alliance, liberal politicians and pundits are calling for renewed diplomatic engagement with Iran, convinced that Tehran will respond to reason and halt its nuclear weapons program. Yet, according to bestselling author and former U.N. ambassador Dore Gold, countries have repeatedly tried diplomatic talks and utterly failed. In The Rise of Nuclear Iran, Gold traces these past failures and explains why diplomacy will continue to backfire, no matter who is president or which party is in power.
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"Ever since the issue of Iran's nuclear ambitions hit the headlines, the task of shaping a response to that looming threat to regional stability has been hampered by the belief that the choices available are limited to pre-emptive war or pre-emptive surrender to the Khomeinist regime. In this authoritative study, Dore Gold, one of Israel's leading strategic thinkers, shows that other choices may b
Amir Taheri, author of The Persian Night, former editor of Kayhan, and frequent contribut
"This timely and up-to-date volume includes a history of the conflict within Iran as well as US foreign policy towards Iran-up to and including the Obama administration. The intricacy of Iranian religious and social politics is explained in clearly defined terms, including important definitions of cultural terms necessary to understand the government and anti-government forces in the Islamic repub
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