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Autore: | Ward Steven R |
Titolo: | Immortal [[electronic resource] ] : a military history of Iran and its armed forces / / Steven R. Ward |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (395 p.) |
Disciplina: | 355.00955 |
Soggetto geografico: | Iran History, Military |
Iran Armed Forces History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | "In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University." |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Immortal is the only single-volume English-language survey of Iran's military history. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Immortal |
ISBN: | 1-58901-587-8 |
1-58901-588-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910454804303321 |
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