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Can the world tolerate an Iran with nuclear weapons? : the Munk debate
on Iran / Amos Yadlin . . . [et al.] ; Rudyard
Griffiths, editor.
(The Munk debates)
Issued also in print format.
ISBN: 978-1-77089-237-8
1. Nuclear weapons — Iran. 2. Iran — Strategic aspects.
3. Iran — Military policy. 4. Security, International.
I. Yadlin, Amos 1951–
II. Griffiths, Rudyard III. Series: Munk debates
U264.5I7C36 2012 355.02’170955 C2012-907357-1
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012952631
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