Immortal : a military history of Iran and its armed forces /

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Immortal, now in an updated paperback edition, is the only single-volume English-language survey of Iran's military history. CIA analyst Steven R. Ward shows that Iran's soldiers, from the famed "Immortals" of ancient Persia to today's Revolutionary Guard, have demonstrated...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, Steven R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2014.
Edición:First paperback edition.
Temas:
Iran. > Nīrū-yi Daryāʼī.
Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī (Iran). > Nīrū-yi Daryāyī.
Iran. > Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī. > Nīrū-yi Daryāyī
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armed Forces.
Iran > Armed Forces > History.
Iran > History, Military.
Iran.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Iranian phoenix
  • 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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