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SANCTIONING IRAN:Anatomy of a Failed Policy

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The issue of US sanctions on Iran, in the wider context of US-Iran relations, is a subject of tremendous current political, as well as historical importance, and did not receive this sort of sustained, systematic attention elsewhere before the publication of this book. Anyone who needs to know the antecedents, genesis, detailed evolution, and an informed assessment of these sanctions as a policy tool, will need to turn to this volume. This a major service to all students of US-Iranian relations, and of sanctions as an instrument in international relations. When viewing it as a work for serious students and academics, it does all it could be asked to do; beyond this, it is perhaps a bit too voluminous and detailed to appeal immediately to - or at least be digested readily by - journalists and practitioners. But those sorts of audiences could nevertheless do worse than to spend some time with this book. Don't be put off by the price: you can get it substantially more cheaply from the UK publisher or indeed Amazon.co.uk