Deterrence lessons from Iraq : Rationally is not the only key to containment / Amatzia Baram
Language: English Subject(s): In: Foreign Affairs . -- v.91, n.4 (July - Aug. 2012)Abstract: Debates about the possibility of containing a nuclear Iran often hinge on judgments of whether the regime there is rational. But as a wealth of recently released Iraqi documents about Saddam Hussein's tumultuous reign in Iraq show, even an arguably rational leader can be unreasonable -- and very hard to deter.Revista R0073 (MAEC-Biblioteca Central)
Debates about the possibility of containing a nuclear Iran often hinge on judgments of whether the regime there is rational. But as a wealth of recently released Iraqi documents about Saddam Hussein's tumultuous reign in Iraq show, even an arguably rational leader can be unreasonable -- and very hard to deter.