02112nam a2200373 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095015001900112016001800131020004300149020004000192040002100232035002100253043001200274050002500286100002000311245010600331260006100437300003300498500013500531504006600666505053600732533015201268651002901420651003301449655002901482710006701511710001701578856012601595999001701721ebr10313995CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||080717s2009    dcube   sb    001 0 eng    z  2008031770  aGBA9344452bnb7 z0151045852Uk  z9781589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z1589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)646811483  aa-ir---14aDS273.3b.W37 2009eb1 aWard, Steven R.10aImmortalh[electronic resource] :ba military history of Iran and its armed forces /cSteven R. Ward.  aWashington, D.C. :bGeorgetown University Press,cc2009.  axiii, 380 p. :bmaps, plans.  a"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index.0 aHeritage 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aIranxHistory, Military. 0aIranxArmed ForcesxHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aGeorgetown University.bCenter for Peace and Security Studies.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10313995zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c57773d57773