This book analyzes the process of evaluating Iran's nuclear project and efforts to roll it back, resulting in the 2015 nuclear agreement. To highlight the technological problems and the politicization involved in the process, this study uses real-time comparison of developments in Iran and the perception of Israel in the United States.

• Cover
• Iran, Israel, and the United States
• Iran, Israel, and the United States: The Politics of Counter-Proliferation Intelligence
• Copyright
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1
  • The Theory and Practice of Nuclear Intelligence
    • Issues in Capabilities
    • Measuring Capabilities
    • Intentions
    • Denial and Deception
    • Fragmentation in Intelligence Gathering and Verification
    • From Fragmentation to Politicization
    • Nuclear Intelligence and the Domestic Political Process
    • The Goals and Structure of the Book
    • Notes
  • Chapter 2
  • Under the Radar
    • The Islamic Revolution and the Bomb: Koran Meets Realism
    • To Pursue the PMD Effort, the Scientific Committee, of the Defense
    • The View from Jerusalem
    • The View from Washington
    • Notes
  • Chapter 3
  • The Great Deception
• The View from Tehran
  • The View from Jerusalem
    • The View from Washington
    • Notes
  • Chapter 4
  • Blowing the Cover of Iran’s Nuclear Project
• The View from Tehran
  • The View from Jerusalem
    • The View from Washington
    • Notes
  • Chapter 5
  • Iran’s Nuclear Principalism
• The View from Tehran
  • The View from Jerusalem
    • The View from Washington
    • Notes
  • Chapter 6
  • The Cost of Principalism
• The View from Tehran
  • The View from Jerusalem
    • The View from Washington
    • Notes
  • Chapter 7
  • The Power of Sanctions and the Road to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
• The View from Tehran
  • The View from Jerusalem
    • The View from Washington
    • Notes
• Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors