"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Iran - History, Military.
Iran - Armed Forces - History.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
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273
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3
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W37
2009
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Ward, Steven R.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.