Dealbreaker : Donald Trump and the unmaking of the Iran nuclear agreement /

Dealbreaker : Donald Trump and the unmaking of the Iran nuclear agreement /

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Author / Creator:	Ritter, Scott, author.
Imprint:	Atlanta, GA. : Clairty Press, Inc., 2018.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Trump, Donald, -- 1946- Trump, Donald, -- 1946- Nuclear nonproliferation -- Iran. Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation. Diplomatic relations. Nuclear nonproliferation. Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation. United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran. Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States. United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel. Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States. Iran. Israel. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12351889

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Other authors / contributors:	Hersh, Seymour M., writer of foreword.
ISBN:	9780999874769 0999874764 9780999874752
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	The Iran nuclear deal was a crowning moment of international diplomacy, allowing the world to step away from the edge of a self-created abyss. Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from this agreement threatens to return the world to that precipice. Dealbreaker recounts how this deal was made, why it was broken, and what the consequences of that action could be. The United States and its ally, Israel, pulled no punches, using diplomatic pressure to impose crippling economic sanctions, and covert activities to sow disinformation, sabotage equipment and murder Iranian nuclear scientists in an effort to stop the Iranian nuclear program from going forward. Iran prevailed, confronting the United States with the choice of either going to war, or accepting the reality of an Iranian nuclear program. The Iranian nuclear deal was the result. But the deal had an Achilles heel--the disinformation campaign waged by the United States and Israel to paint the Iranian program as military in nature left a residue of uncertainty and fear that the detractors of the deal used to attack it as little more than a sham. Donald Trump decried the Iranian nuclear deal as a "failed agreement" and promised to tear it up if he were elected President. Trump prevailed in the election, and ended up being as good as his word, pulling America out of the Iranian nuclear deal on May 12, 2018. Dealbreaker explores the nuances of the Iranian nuclear program, exposing the duplicity and hypocrisy of American diplomacy, supported by Israel and abetted by Europe, that led to the need for the Iranian nuclear deal and eventually caused the demise of an agreement that was simultaneously "the deal of the century" and claimed to be fatally flawed.
Other form:	Print version: Ritter, Scott. Dealbreaker. Atlanta, GA. : Clairty Press, Inc., 2018 9780999874752

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Summary:	The Iran nuclear deal was a crowning moment ofinternational diplomacy, allowing the world to step awayfrom the edge of a self-created abyss. Donald Trump'sdecision to withdraw from this agreement threatens toreturn the world to that precipice. Dealbreaker recounts how this deal was made, why it was broken, and what the consequences of that action could be.When the United States made the decision in the 1980sto deny Iran access to nuclear technology, Iran wasforced to turn to the black market to get the material,technology and know-how required to meet its need fornuclear power generation, inclusive of the ability toindigenously produce nuclear fuel. The revelation ofIran's secret nuclear program in 2002 set in motion abattle of wills between the Iranians, who viewed nuclearpower as their inherent right, and the rest of the world,who feared the proliferation implications of allowing Iranaccess to technology that could be used to make anuclear weapon.The United States and its ally, Israel, pulled no punches,using diplomatic pressure to impose crippling economicsanctions, and covert activities to sow disinformation,sabotage equipment and murder Iranian nuclearscientists in an effort to stop the Iranian nuclear programfrom going forward. Iran prevailed, confronting theUnited States with the choice of either going to war, oraccepting the reality of an Iranian nuclear program. TheIranian nuclear deal was the result.But the deal had an Achilles heel--the disinformationcampaign waged by the United States and Israel to paintthe Iranian program as military in nature left a residue ofuncertainty and fear that the detractors of the deal usedto attack it as little more than a sham. Donald Trumpdecried the Iranian nuclear deal as a "failed agreement"and promised to tear it up if he were elected President. Trump prevailed in the election, and ended up being asgood as his word, pulling America out of the Iraniannuclear deal on May 12, 2018.Dealbreaker explores the nuances of the Iranian nuclearprogram, exposing the duplicity and hypocrisy ofAmerican diplomacy, supported by Israel and abetted byEurope, that led to the need for the Iranian nuclear dealand eventually caused the demise of an agreement thatwas simultaneously "the deal of the century" and fatallyflawed.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780999874769 0999874764 9780999874752