02357nam 2200553 a 450 991077803590332120230721022318.01-58901-587-81-58901-588-6(CKB)1000000000786349(EBL)449341(OCoLC)638859225(SSID)ssj0000176863(PQKBManifestationID)11179976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176863(PQKBWorkID)10207636(PQKB)11121852(MiAaPQ)EBC449341(OCoLC)646811483(MdBmJHUP)muse3281(Au-PeEL)EBL449341(CaPaEBR)ebr10313995(EXLCZ)99100000000078634920080717d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImmortal[electronic resource] a military history of Iran and its armed forces /Steven R. WardWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20091 online resource (395 p.)"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."1-58901-258-5 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.Immortal is the only single-volume English-language survey of Iran's military history.IranHistory, MilitaryIranArmed ForcesHistory355.00955Ward Steven R1530867Georgetown University.Center for Peace and Security Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778035903321Immortal3776229UNINA