Chain Reaction and Chaos
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Chain Reaction and Chaos

Toward Modern Persia

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eBook - ePub

Chain Reaction and Chaos

Toward Modern Persia

About this book

In this new perspective, Iran's quest for nuclear power—in the context of the global energy challenge and the Cold War-era nuclear arms race—takes on new dimension. This study goes beyond current affairs and analyzes interactions between the complex evolution of U.S. policy toward Iran and events in modern Iranian history that shape the determinants of Tehran's foreign policy.
Today, the shockwaves of the cataclysm that became known as the Islamic Revolution have irrevocably transcended Iran's frontiers. In the aftermath of the revolution, Afghanistan and Iraq were invaded, and the Republicans, who had gained power thanks to the hostage crisis, now had to shy away in light of the Iran-Contra scandal. The revolution was a byproduct of the great powers' array of geostrategic moves following World War II.
This book explores the order that underlies Iran's chaotic dynamics that have potential to bring about unintended results. The best example of this is President Carter's human rights policy, which, unexpectedly, via strange attractor dynamics, led to the fall of the Shah that marked the end of the U.S. twin-pillar policy in the Persian Gulf.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Global Systemic Explosion
  6. A Tri-Polar Culture
  7. A Happy Beginning
  8. A Dramatic Climax
  9. Read Flags in America
  10. Fatal Mistakes and Failure
  11. A Tectonic Shift
  12. On the Brink of the Abyss
  13. Inflexion Point and Beyond
  14. Lost in the Labyrinth of the Nuclear World
  15. The Silk Road
  16. The Soviet Orbit
  17. The Rising Tide
  18. Technical Challenges
  19. Diplomatic Games
  20. The Gathering Storm
  21. Dark Energy and Black Propaganda
  22. Going Critical
  23. Isostatic Subsidence
  24. Future Blooms under Storm
  25. Abbreviations
  26. Notes
  27. Index