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020			_z9781589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z1589012585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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035			_a(OCoLC)646811483
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050	1	4	_aDS273.3 _b.W37 2009eb
100	1		_aWard, Steven R.
245	1	0	_aImmortal _h[electronic resource] : _ba military history of Iran and its armed forces / _cSteven R. Ward.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bGeorgetown University Press, _cc2009.
300			_axiii, 380 p. : _bmaps, plans.
500			_a"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index.
505	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.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2013. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
651		0	_aIran _xHistory, Military.
651		0	_aIran _xArmed Forces _xHistory.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aGeorgetown University. _bCenter for Peace and Security Studies.
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10313995 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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