Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces

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An intelligence analyst with the US Central Intelligence Agency, Ward describes the military of what is now Iran beginning with the Persian empire in the sixth century BC. The stages in his history include the Safavids and Nader Shah as powerful predecessors, the birth of the modern Iranian armed forces, sidelined during the world wars, the rise of the imperial armed forces as a pillar of capitalism during the Cold War, the armed forces in the Islamic revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, and the 21st century. Though Iran has not fared well in military matters during the modern age, he warns, still people should be very afraid.