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020			_a9781626160651
020			_a1626160651
020			_z9781589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z1589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z9781626160323
020			_z1626160325
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aDS273.3 _b.W37 2009
100	1		_aWard, Steven R.
245	1	0	_aImmortal _h[electronic resource] : _ba military history of Iran and its armed forces / _cSteven R. Ward.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bGeorgetown University Press, _cc2009. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 380 p. :) _bmaps, plans ;
500			_a"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index.
505	0		_aHeritage 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
651		0	_aIran _xArmed Forces _xHistory.
651		0	_aIran _xHistory, Military.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aGeorgetown University. _bCenter for Peace and Security Studies.
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781626160651/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c29178 _d29178