Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300218168 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 472 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Secretary of State John Kerry, this is the first authoritative account of President Obama’s signature foreign policy achievement.. Trita Parsi, a Middle East foreign policy expert who advised the Obama White House throughout the talks and had access to decision-makers and diplomats on the U.S. The definitive book on Obama’s historic nuclear deal with Iran from the author of the Foreign Affairs Best Book on the Middle East in 2012This timely book focuses on President Obama’s deeply considered strategy toward Iran’s nuclear program and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent stalemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts. and Iranian sides alike, examines every facet of a triumph that could become as important and consequential as Nixon’s rapprochement with China. The deal accomplished two major feats in one stroke: it averted the threat of war with Iran and prevented the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Drawing from more than seventy-five in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, including Iran's Foreign Minister
"An astute and generous portrayal of both sides of the negotiating table."—Kirkus Reviews
A great book about a very important event First rate - continuously interesting and very well written by one of the real experts on U.S.-Iranian relations. For the ten years preceding Obama's second term, negotiations on Iran's nuclear program had gone nowhere and positions had hardened: Iran, as a member of the NPT, claimed it had the sovereign right to enrich, the EU and the U.S. demanded a halt to all enrichment, and the key political players on both sides were not personali