Treacherous alliance : the secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States / Trita Parsi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-339) and index.

Introduction : an eight hundred-pound gorilla -- The Cold War era -- An alliance of necessity : the secret friendship of the Shah -- Rise of Israel, rise of Iran -- Iran's quest for supremacy -- Sealing demise in the moment of triumph -- Megalomania -- The rise of Begin and the Israeli right -- Enter the sign of God -- Ideological shifts, geopolitical continuities -- Saddam attacks! -- Scandal -- The dying gasp of the periphery doctrine -- The unipolar era -- The new world order -- Trading enemies -- From cold peace to Cold War -- With Likud, the periphery doctrine returns -- Khatami's détente -- Betrayal in Afghanistan -- Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- Looking ahead -- Facing the future, facing reality -- Notes -- Appendix A : Iran's May 2003 negotiation proposal to the United States -- Appendix B : original U.S. draft negotiation proposal -- Appendix C : letter from Ambassador Guldimann to the U.S. State Department.