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Immortal a military history of Iran and its armed forces
Author
Title
Immortal [electronic resource] : a military history of Iran and its armed forces / Steven R. Ward.
ISBN
9781589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xiii, 380 p. : maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2010
Bibliography
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.
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