| Description |
1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Vanguard of€the€Imam; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledments; Note on Transliteration; I. Introduction; Brief Overview of the IRGC; Conceptualizing the IRGC; Pro-clerical Activism; Primacy of the Leader; Conflict and State Formation; Chapters and Questions; 2. From Ali to Khomeini; The Formation of Shiite Islam; Rise of the Clergy; The Islamic Movement; Revolutionary Ideology; 3. Vanguard of the Imam; Enter the Vanguard; Roots and Radicals; Khomeini Über Alles; One System to Rule Them€All; 4. The Imposed€War; Invasion; A Stymied War Effort; Death of the Opposition |
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The Islamic Republic Strikes Back5. The Long€War; The International Dimension; Running into Walls; In the Path of the Divine; A Fleeting Taste of Victory; The Bitter€End; 6. Exporting the Revolution; Revolutionary Internationalism; A Conservative Turn; Onward to Jerusalem; The Revolution Comes to Lebanon; Fall of the Radicals; 7. Warriors of Karbala; The Islamic Model Army; Power of the€Pen; Wartime Cultural Activism; Visual Identity; Iconology of the Self; Warriors of Karbala; 8. When Johnny Comes Marching Home; Postwar Reconstruction under Rafsanjani; Propagating Virtue, Prohibiting Vice |
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Taking Back the Revolution9. The War on Terror; Axis of Evil; Electing Ahmadinejad; An Iran Ascendant; The Specter of€War; 10. Big Bang, Big Crunch; "Death to the Dictator!"; The Soft€War; Springtime; The Instruments of Coercion; Knives€Out; 11. In Defense of the Family of the Prophet; In Defense of Sayyida Zaynab; A Return to Karbala; 12. Epilogue; 13. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Iran. Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī
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| SUBJECT |
Iran. Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī fast |
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Civil-military relations -- Iran
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Civil-military relations
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Iran -- History, Military
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| Subject |
Iran
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190491703 |
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0190491701 |
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