TY - BOOK AU - Ward,Steven R. ED - Georgetown University. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Immortal: a military history of Iran and its armed forces AV - DS273.3 .W37 2009eb PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Georgetown University Press KW - Iran KW - History, Military KW - Armed Forces KW - History KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - "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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10313995 ER -