Abbreviations = xi Preface = xiii Introduction = 1 Pt. 1. Policy development 1 The Post-Cold War context = 19 2 U.S. strategy toward rogue states (1) : origins and development = 47 3 U.S. strategy toward rogue states (2) : assessment and alternatives = 74 Pt. 2. Case studies 4 Iraq : containing Saddam Hussein after the Gulf War = 123 5 Iran : revolutionary state or ready to rejoin the "family of nations"? = 158 6 North Korea : limited engagement by necessity = 198 Conclusion = 238 Appendix = 256 Index = 279.