”WhatifAlthist” | World History, Philosophy, Culture
America and Iran have repeatedly approached the brink of war—from the Soleimani assassination that triggered Iranian missile strikes to the Stuxnet cyberattack on Iran's nuclear program. These tensions have simmered for decades without erupting into full-scale conflict. This analysis of a potential US-Iran war delivers surprising conclusions about who would actually prevail in this long-anticipated Middle Eastern showdown.
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Bibliography:
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
How to Make War by James F Dunnigan
World Order by Henry Kissinger
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh
A Generation of Sociopaths by Bruce Cannon Gibney
The New Map by Dan Yergin
A Quick and Dirty Guide to War by James F Dunnigan
The Second World War by Lidell Hart
A History of Western Warfare by JFC Fuller
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
The Revenge of Geography Robert Kaplan
Prisoners of Geography Tim Marshall
Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
The Rise of the West by William McNeil
Inside Asia by John Gunther