Manufactured crisis : the untold story of the Iran nuclear scare

In Manufactured Crisis, investigative reporter Gareth Porter shows how Israel and the George W. Bush administration successfully waged their campaign claiming that Iran was trying covertly to acquire a nuclear weapon. Porter shows in detail that most of the so-called evidence for such a weapons program was of dubious origin, including the documents that allegedly originated from the laptop of an Iranian nuclear scientist. As Iran and the United States have engaged in serious negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, this book has provided crucial background material for those who want to make an independent assessment of the record, rather than relying on highly politicized allegations. Based On Eight Years Of Covering The Iran Nuclear Issue And New Research And Interviews With Participants, Porter Reconstructs The History Of Iran's Nuclear Program And Shows How The United States And Israel Used The Accusation About Iran's Desire For Nuclear Weapons To Try To Pressure Tehran To Give Up Its Right To Have Nuclear Power For Peaceful Purposes--back Cover. The Us Denial Policy And Its Consequences -- The Politics Of Iran's Nuclear Secrecy -- Iran's Unknown Nuclear Politics -- Us Political Origins Of The Nuclear Scare -- Israeli Political Origins Of The Nuclear Scare -- Choosing Regime Change Over Diplomacy -- The Iaea Comes Up Empty -- The Mystery Of The Laptop Documents -- Intelligence Failure -- The Phantom Bomb Test Chamber Of Parchin -- Phony War Crises. Gareth Porter. Includes Bibliographical References. In Manufactured Crisis, investigative reporter Gareth Porter shows how Israel and the George W. Bush administration successfully waged their campaign claiming that Iran was trying covertly to acquire a nuclear weapon. Porter shows in detail that most of the so-called evidence for such a weapons program was of dubious origin, including the documents that allegedly originated from the laptop of an Iranian nuclear scientist. As Iran and the United States have engaged in serious negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, this book has provided crucial background material for those who want to make an independent assessment of the record, rather than relying on highly politicized allegations. --Provided by publisher Introduction 15. - 1 The US Denial Policy and Its Consequences 23. - 2 The Politics of Iran's Nuclear Secrecy 39. - 3 Iran's Unknown Nuclear Politics 59. - 4 US Political Origins of the Nuclear Scare 87. - 5 Israeli Political Origins of the Nuclear Scare 113. - 6 Choosing Regime Change Over Diplomacy 135. - 7 The IAEA Comes Up Empty 161. - 8 The Mystery of the Laptop Documents 191. - 9 Intelligence Failure 217. - 10 The Phantom Bomb Test Chamber of Parchin 243. - 11 Phony War Crises 269. - Epilogue 299.