Iran and the nuclear question : history and evolutionary trajectory

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Atoms for peace: nuclear infancy -- 2 From Baghdad Pact to CENTO -- 3 The national security Monarch -- 4 Nuclear program muddles through -- 5 Prestige, supremacy and deterrence -- 6 Birth of AEOI -- 7 India's peaceful nuclear explosion -- 8 Conventional bribery -- 9 Shah's foot-in-mouth moment -- 10 Standoff with Washington -- 11 Gravitation towards Europe -- 12 London Club -- 13 Proliferation red flags -- 14 Indian factor -- 15 Ford's quest for breakthrough -- 16 Carter's nuclear allergy -- 17 The Persepolis Conference and its aftermath -- 18 The devil in details -- 19 Strategic hedging -- 20 Israel factor -- 21 Enterprise under fire: nuclear retrenchment -- 22 Nuclear dormancy -- 23 Designation as intransigent proliferator -- 24 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index.