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Author:

Ward, Steven R.

Title:

Immortal : a military history of Iran and its armed forces / Steven R. Ward.

Publisher:

Georgetown University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 380 p. : maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Iran--History, Military.
Iran--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.

Notes:

"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University." Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index.

Contents:

Heritage of greatness, legacy of loss -- Powerful predecessors: the Safavids and Nader Shah -- Laughingstock: the Qajar military -- Nationalism unleashed: from revolution to the Great War -- Two paths: the birth of the modern Iranian armed forces -- Sidelined: the world at war in Iran -- Cold War pillar: the rise of the Imperial Armed Forces -- Old guard, new guard: Iran's armed forces in the Islamic Revolution -- Horrible sacrifice: the Iran-Iraq War -- Despise not your enemy: Iran's armed forces in the twenty-first century.

ISBN:

1589012585
9781589012585

OCLC:

(OCoLC)234260195

LCCN:

2008031770

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)