Bøker av Therese Delpech

At the dawn of the twentieth century, observers heralded a new era of social progress, seemingly limitless technological advances, and world peace. But within only a few years, the world was perched on the brink of war, revolution, and human misery on an unprecedented scale.

Reviews the history of nuclear deterrence and calls for a renewed intellectual effort to address the relevance of the traditional concepts of first strike, escalation, extended deterrence, and other Cold War-era strategies in today's complex world.

Retraces the history of Iran's nuclear project from the 1970s. This work examines the period when the programme was resumed, during Iran's war with Iraq (1985-90), and also sets out the various possible solutions in terms of their feasibility, practically and politically such as: dismantling by force, supervised third party reprocessing, and more.