02112nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10313995 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080717s2009 dcube sb 001 0 eng 2008031770 GBA934445 bnb 015104585 Uk 9781589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646811483 a-ir--- DS273.3 .W37 2009eb Ward, Steven R. Immortal [electronic resource] : a military history of Iran and its armed forces / Steven R. Ward. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009. xiii, 380 p. : maps, plans. "In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University." 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Iran History, Military. Iran Armed Forces History. Electronic books. local Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10313995 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 57773 57773