Iran's Qods force : proxy wars, terrorism, and the war on America /

"Owen Sirrs analyzes how Iran uses unconventional warfare to try to achieve one of its most cherished objectives, hegemony over the Middle East, and demonstrates how U.S. policymakers and warfighters were repeatedly stymied by Iran's unconventional warfare strategy, which straddled the thr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sirrs, Owen L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Iran. > Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī. > Nīrū-yi Quds.
Special forces (Military science) > Iran.
Terrorism > Iran.
HISTORY / Middle East / Iran.
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century.
International relations.
Military policy.
Special forces (Military science)
Terrorism.
Iran > Military policy.
Iran > History, Military.
Iran > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Iran.
Iran.
United States.
Military history.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Iranian Revolution's Everyman
  • Baptism by Fire
  • War with Iraq
  • The Lebanon Corps
  • The Hezbollah Trojan Horse
  • The Khobar Towers Bombing
  • The Qods Force in Afghanistan
  • The Qods Force and 9/11
  • Iran and al-Qaeda
  • Iran and Afghanistan after 9/11
  • The Greater Prize
  • A Multidimensional Campaign in Iraq
  • Task Force
  • Undeclared Covert War
  • Overlord of Iraq
  • The Saudi Ambassador Plot
  • The Yemen Trap
  • Encircled
  • The Odd Couple
  • A Qods Force Tragedy
  • Coalition Warfare
  • General Soleimani Goes to Moscow
  • Entrenchment
  • Everywhere but Nowhere
  • Conclusion.

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