Sasan Fayazmanesh is Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Middle East Studies Project at California State University, Fresno, USA. His current areas of research include the political economy of the Middle East and monetary history and theory.

'Fayazmanesh has done an admirable job of examining the origin of the US policy dual containment. Recommended. All readership levels.' - K.M.Zaarour, Shaw University, Choice, June 2009

• 1. Introduction 2. On the Origins of the Dual Containment Policy 3. The Dual Containment Policy in the 1980s 4. Israel and the Dual Containment Policy 5. The Clinton Years and the Dual Containment Policy 6. The 'Neoconservatives', Dual Rollback and Israel 8. Paving the Road to the UN Security Council 9. Iran is Referred to the Security Council 10. On the Road to UN Sanctions 11. Success at Last, UN Sanctions Imposed on Iran 12. Conclusion

Sasan Fayazmanesh is Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Middle East Studies Project at California State University, Fresno, USA. His current areas of research include the political economy of the Middle East and monetary history and theory.

'Fayazmanesh has done an admirable job of examining the origin of the US policy dual containment. Recommended. All readership levels.' - K.M.Zaarour, Shaw University, Choice, June 2009

• 1. Introduction 2. On the Origins of the Dual Containment Policy 3. The Dual Containment Policy in the 1980s 4. Israel and the Dual Containment Policy 5. The Clinton Years and the Dual Containment Policy 6. The 'Neoconservatives', Dual Rollback and Israel 8. Paving the Road to the UN Security Council 9. Iran is Referred to the Security Council 10. On the Road to UN Sanctions 11. Success at Last, UN Sanctions Imposed on Iran 12. Conclusion