Ostovar, Afshon,

Vanguard of the Imam : religion, politics, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards / Afshon Ostovar. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

This work is about the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and its ascent to become one of the most formidable entities in Iran and the Middle East. It follows the organization from its birth in the midst of the 1979 revolution through the succeeding decades of the Islamic Republic's maturation.

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Sipċah-i Pċasdċarċan-i Inqilċab-i Islċamċi (Iran)


Civil-military relations--Iran.
Iran--Politics and government--1997-


Iran--History, Military.

UA853.I7 / O84 2016

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