Unthinkable (82 page)

Bakhtiar, Shapour,
170

Balkans,
11
,
93
,
265

Barak, Ehud,
141
,
199

Barnea, Nahum,
215

Barzani, Mas'ud,
93

Bashir, Tahseen,
92

Basij militia,
20
,
242

Beijing,
99
,
124
,
365

Beirut, l,
68

Iranian attacks on,
72

U.S. Embassy in,
285

Belarus,
365

Bellinger, John,
245
–46

Ben-Gurion, David,
89
–90

Bergman, Ronen,
209

Berlin,
68

Mykonos restaurant in,
25

1948 crisis in,
328
,
332

1961 crisis in,
298
,
322
,
339

Berra, Yogi,
44

bin Laden, Osama,
69
,
346

bin Zayed, Muhammad,
249
–50

Biological Warfare (BW),
68

Boroujerdi, Alaeddin,
144

Bosnia,
237
,
251
,
270
,
271

Bracken, Paul,
302
,
307
,
329
–30,
332
,
462
–63

Brannan, Paul,
196
–99

Brazil,
42
,
98
,
99
,
417
,
418

British Petroleum (BP),
135

Brodie, Bernard,
297
–98,
325
–26

Brookings Institution,
136
,
158
–59,
181
,
273

Saban Center at,
197
,
205
,
218
,
236
,
260

Bulgaria,
29
,
149
,
208

Bundy, McGeorge,
322

Bush, George Herbert Walker,
62
–63,
139
,
153
,
251
–53,
285
–86,
288
,
353

coalition for Persian Gulf War built by,
252
,
257

Husayn plot against,
67
,
305

Iraq War invasion opposed by,
308

Bush, George W.,
45
,
71
,
98
,
128
,
152
,
202
,
251
–53,
269
,
302

decision to invade Iraq by,
xv
,
252
,
270
,
308
,
372
,
406
,
449

Iran policy of,
114
,
121
–22,
127
,
130
,
140
,
144
,
145
,
172
,
206
,
221
,
246
,
286
–88,
372

2002 State of the Union address of,
122

Bushehr power plant,
41
,
192

Cairo,
89
–91

Cambodia:

U.S. bombing of,
247

Vietnamese invasion of,
78

Canada,
127
,
130
,
178

Caribbean Sea,
273
,
356

Carter, Jimmy,
71
,
113
–14,
160
,
169
–70,
283
,
284

Caucasus,
93
,
247
–48

CBS News/
New York Times
poll,
256

Ceause_cu, Nicolai,
368

Central Asia,
10
,
27
,
60
,
247
–48,
268

Central Command, U.S.,
218

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
23
,
31
,
51
,
63
,
68
,
147
–49,
169
,
170
,
234
,
239
,
245

Central Treaty Organization (CENTO),
351

Chamberlain, Neville,
387

Chávez, Hugo,
301

Cheney, Dick,
308

Chen Xiaodong,
249

Chicago Council of Global Affairs 2012 survey,
256

China,
34
,
56
,
78
,
87
,
90
,
99
,
359
,
365

“Cultural Revolution” in,
75

economy of,
362

Foreign Ministry of,
249

Iranian nuclear program aided by,
39

Iranian trade with,
134

Korean War and,
77

nuclear arsenal of,
35
,
75
–76,
80
,
98
,
293
,
329
,
375
,
418

oil needs of,
127

sanctions opposed by,
61
,
138
,
227

Soviet clashes with,
75
–76,
298

Tiananmen Square incident in,
286

U.S. relations with,
77
,
124
–25,
154
,
286
,
372

U.S. strike on Iran opposed by,
244
,
246
,
254

Chirac, Jacques,
129

Christians,
30
,
70

Maronite,
26

Chubin, Shahram,
5
,
62
,
352
,
378

Chun Doo-Hwan,
368

Churchill, Winston,
8
,
300

Civil War, U.S.,
228
,
418

Clapper, James,
62

Clausewitz, Carl von,
243

Clawson, Patrick,
252

Clinton, Bill,
139
,
153
,
407
,
491
–92

Dual Containment policy of,
286
–87,
288
,
290
,
372
,
494

failed rapprochement with Iran by,
8
,
287

Iraq attacked by,
305

sanctioning of Iran by,
115
,
130

CNN,
197

CNN/ORC International poll,
257

Cold War,
xix
,
66
,
71
,
77
,
128
,
146
,
208
,
281
–83,
289
,
293
,
297
,
302
,
312
–13

deterrence theory of,
320

lessons of,
307
–8,
326
,
331
–32,
344
–46,
419

“lines in the sand” concept in,
333

“mutual assured destruction” (MAD) strategy of,
298
,
347

U.S. victory in,
347

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE),
146

communism,
315

fall of,
286

Congress, U.S.,
117
,
247
,
286
,
354
;
see also
Senate, U.S.

Congressional Research Service,
235

Conoco,
115
,
324

containment,
see
Iran, proposed containment of

Cordesman, Anthony,
195
–96,
233
–34

Cuba,
145
,
166
,
283
,
301
,
322
,
367
,
371

Cuban Missile Crisis,
145
,
166
,
283
,
298
,
308
,
322
,
328
–29,
339
,
340
,
367
,
408
,
501

cyberwarfare,
29
,
189

Flame virus,
148
,
469
–70

by Iran,
29
,
85
,
148
–50,
180
,
217
,
259
–60,
271
–72,
460
,
470

against Iranian nuclear program,
33
,
38
,
71
,
148
–50,
217
,
273
,
321
,
470

Stuxnet virus,
148

Cyrus the Great,
10

Damascus,
211

Darkhovin power plant,
41

de Gramont, Diane,
280
–81

Dehaf Institute,
213
–14

democracy,
80
,
96
,
114
,
152
,
159
,
169
–71,
368

Democratic Party,
122

Dempsey, Martin,
197

Denmark,
127

Dhahran,
68
, 85316

Diego Garcia island,
231
,
268
,
345

Dolphin submarines,
388

Donnelly, Thomas,
281
,
322
,
407

Drezner, Daniel W.,
152

drones (unmanned aerial vehicles),
231
–33,
247

Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S.,
24

Druse,
27

Eastern Europe,
166
,
371

communist dictatorships overthrown in,
20
,
315
,
368
,
385

Ebtekar, Massoumeh,
163

Edelman, Eric,
315

Egypt,
26
,
27
,
79

Iran and,
90
–92

Israel and,
90
,
323

Mubarak rule in,
91
,
318

nuclear program of,
89
–92,
98
,
110

political upheaval in,
317

Egyptian army,
90

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
71
,
77
,
345

Eisenstadt, Michael,
58

Eitan, Rafi,
196

Eizenstat, Stuart,
152

ElBaradei, Mohamed,
250

elections, Iran:

of 1948,
169

of 1952,
169

of 1997,
19
,
175
,
176
,
287

of 2009,
19
–21,
123
,
174
,
442

elections, Israel, of 2013,
213
,
215

elections, U.S.:

of 2008,
122
,
255

of 2012,
123
,
255

Entebbe airport hostage crisis,
193
–94

Erdogan, Recep Tayyip,
92
–93,
126

“neo-Ottoman” policy of,
92

Esfahan nuclear plant,
40
,
189
,
192
,
198
–99,
232
,
314

European Union (EU),
93
,
117
,
130
,
132
,
156
,
178
,
219
,
244
,
386

Evron, Yair,
306
–7

F-14 aircraft,
191

F-15 aircraft,
183
,
189
,
191
,
192
–93,
199
,
231

F-16 aircraft,
87
,
189
,
191
,
199
,
231

F-18 aircraft,
231

F-22 aircraft,
231
,
232
,
321
,
388

F-35 aircraft,
388

F-117 aircraft,
231

Fabius, Laurent,
54
–55

Faisal, Prince Turki al-,
250

Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, Mohsen,
52
–53

Falklands,
78

Farouk, King of Egypt,
90

Farsi language,
7
,
24

Fatah,
26

Federation of American Scientists Iran Project,
196

Finland,
77

Fordow nuclear plant,
42
–43,
45
–46,
49
–50,
143
–44,
189
,
192
–93,
195
,
197
–99,
231
–34

Foreign Policy Institute 2012 National Survey,
256

Fox News survey,
256

France,
34
,
45
,
54
–55,
77
,
90
,
125
–26,
292
,
349
,
419

independent foreign policy of,
128
–29

intelligence agencies of,
51

Iranian relations with,
41
–42,
150

nuclear arsenal of,
35
,
64
,
83
,
94

U.S. relations with,
129

Franco, Francisco,
368

Gaddis, John Lewis,
370
–71

Gallup poll of 2012,
162

Gantz, Benny,
306

Gates, Robert,
197

Gatilov, Gennady,
138

Gaza,
27
,
210
,
215

rockets fired on Israel from,
211
–12

Georgia,
29
,
208

Gerecht, Reuel,
236
,
338
–39

Germany,
45
,
125
–26,
292
,
497

intelligence agencies in,
51