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DENIAL AND JEOPARDY:  DETERRING IRANIAN USE OF NBC WEAPONS

CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. THINKING ABOUT REGIONAL DETERRENCE

2. SHIŽISM AND IRANIAN ISLAMIC RADICALISM

National Interest Vice Regime-Driven Behaviors

Risk Tolerance

Iranian Political Structures

Truth, Deception, and the Iranian Personality

The "Righteous Minority"

Martyrdom and the Cult of Death

3. THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS

Ideology, Structure, Strength

IRGC Virulence and Independence

IRGC Role in Weapons Procurement

Navy as Vanguard of NBC

The Iranian Army: Bringing Revolutionary Dogma to the Masses

4. IRANIAN NATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Offensive Versus Defensive Jihad

Justification for War

5. IRANIAN NBC POLICY, CAPABILITIES, AND EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS

Iranian NBC Policy

NBC and Missile Capability

Employment Strategy and Doctrine

Employment Scenarios

6. DETERRING IRAN

Unreliability of Current U.S. Position

Deterrence by Denial

Deterrence by Jeopardy

7. ENHANCING U.S. DETERRENCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR