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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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BL
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804
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b11335
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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Ward, Steven R
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Immortal:a military history of Iran and its armed forces/ Steven R. Ward
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press,, c2009.
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xiii, 380 p.: maps, plans ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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9781589012585(hardcover : alk.paper)
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"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Subject
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IranHistory, Military
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IranArmed Forces--History
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| LC Classification
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DS273.3.W37 2009
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Georgetown University
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