Pasdaran incorporated evolving from revolutionary to praetorian guard

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === Although the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was originally an ideologically driven militia, it has recently taken an ever more assertive role in virtually every as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arasli, Jahangir E.
Other Authors: Bruneau, Thomas C.
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5358