Irans Qods Force: Proxy Wars, Terrorism, and the War on America Sirrs Owen
Irans Qods Force: Proxy Wars, Terrorism, and the War on America Sirrs Owen The end of the Cold War ushered in a challenging new era for U.S. The certainties of planning for conventional war or, in…
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Irans Qods Force: Proxy Wars, Terrorism, and the War on America Sirrs Owen
The end of the Cold War ushered in a challenging new era for U.S. The certainties of planning for conventional war or, in extremis, nuclear war gave way to a new form of unconventional warfare waged by American adversaries like Al Qaeda, Somali warlords, and Iran. defense planners.
power in the region. Iran's Qods Force examines how one nation state, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has exploited the advantages of unconventional warfare to expand its influence in the Middle East while, at the same time, limiting the impact of U.S. At the forefront of its efforts is the Qods Force, the elite clandestine wing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.Owen Sirrs analyzes how Iran uses unconventional warfare to try to achieve one of its most cherished objectives, hegemony over