Dangerous but not omnipotent : exploring the reach and limitations of Iranian power in the Middle East

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	United States, Project Air Force (US)
Other Authors:	Wehrey, Frederic M.
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, CA: RAND Project Air Force, c2009.
Series:	Rand Corporation monograph series
Subjects:	State-sponsored terrorism -- > Iran Terrorism -- > Middle East Weapons of mass destruction -- > Iran State-sponsored terrorism Political culture Terrorism Weapons of mass destruction Political culture -- > Iran Iran -- > Politics and government -- > 1997- United States -- > Foreign relations -- > Iran Iran -- > Foreign relations -- > United States Iran -- > Military policy Iran -- > Foreign relations -- > Middle East Middle East -- > Foreign relations -- > Iran
Online Access:	http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=276726

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: understanding the Iranian challenge
2. Assertiveness and caution in Iranian strategic culture
3. Asymmetric ambition and conventional reality: Iran's evolving defense strategy, doctrine, and capabilities
4. Iran and its non-state partners: assessing linkages and control
5. Arab perceptions of the Iranian threat
6. Conclusion: U.S. strategy and the Islamic Republic

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