Immortal
Subtitle: a military history of Iran and its armed forces
By: by Steven R. Ward.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781589012585
Subjects: Iran -- History, Military; Iran -- Armed Forces -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's preface and acknowledgements; title: Introduction: the Persian phoenix; title: 1. Heritage of greatness, legacy of loss; title: 2. Powerful predecessors: the Safavids and Nader Shah; title: 3. Laughingstock: the Qajar military; title: 4. Nationalism unleashed: from revolution to the Great War; title: 5. Two paths: the birth of the modern Iranian armed forces; title: 6. Sidelined: the world at war in Iran; title: 7. Cold War pillar: the rise of the Imperial Armed Forces; title: 8. Old guard, new guard: Iran's armed forces in the Islamic Revolution; title: 9. Horrible sacrifice: the Iran-Iraq War; title: 10. Despise not your enemy: Iran's armed forces in the 21st century; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.