Immortal
Ward, Steven R.
Immortal a military history of Iran and its armed forces / [electronic resource] : Steven R. Ward. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 380 p. :) maps, plans ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
"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.
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.
9781626160651 1626160651
Iran--Armed Forces--History.
Iran--History, Military.
Electronic books.
DS273.3 / .W37 2009
Immortal a military history of Iran and its armed forces / [electronic resource] : Steven R. Ward. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 380 p. :) maps, plans ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
"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.
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.
9781626160651 1626160651
Iran--Armed Forces--History.
Iran--History, Military.
Electronic books.
DS273.3 / .W37 2009