19 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
5. 1 Introduction: An Eight-Hundred-Pound Gorilla 1
6. Part One: The Cold War Era
7. 2 An Alliance of Necessity: The Secret Friendship of the Shah 19
8. 3 Rise of Israel, Rise of Iran 29
9. 4 Iran’S Quest for Supremacy 39
10. 5 Sealing Demise in the Moment of Triumph 49
11. 6 Megalomania 61
12. 7 The Rise of Begin and the Israeli Right 68
13. 8 Enter the Sign of God 79
14. 9 Ideological Shifts, Geopolitical Continuities 87
15. 10 Saddam Attacks! 97
16. 11 Scandal 110
17. 12 The Dying Gasp of the Periphery Doctrine 127
18. Part Two: The Unipolar Era
19. 13 The New World Order 139
20. 14 Trading Enemies 157
21. 15 From Cold Peace to Cold War 172
22. 16 With Likud, the Periphery Doctrine Returns 190
23. 17 Khatami’s Détente 202
24. 18 Betrayal in Afghanistan 223
25. 19 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory 238
26. Part Three: Looking Ahead
27. 20. Facing the Future, Facing Reality 261
28. Notes 285
29. Appendix A: Iran’s May 2003 Negotiation Proposal to the United States 341
30. Appendix B: Original U.S. Draft Negotiation Proposal 343
31. Appendix C: Letter from Ambassador Guldimann to the U.S. State Department 345
32. Index 347