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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Are One Of The Most Important Forces In The Middle East Today. As The Appointed Defender Of Iran's Revolution, The Guards Have Evolved Into A Pillar Of The Islamic Republic And The Spearhead Of Its Influence. Their Sway Has Spread Across The Middle East, Where The Guards Have Overseen Loyalist Support To Bashar Al-assad In Syria And Been A Staunch Backer In Iraq's War Against Isis-bringing Its Own Troops, Lebanon's Hezbollah, And Shiite Militias To The Fight. Links To Terrorism, Human Rights Abuses, And The Suppression Of Popular Democracy Have Shrouded The Revolutionary Guards In Controversy. In Spite Of Their Prominence, The Guards Remain Poorly Understood To Outside Observers. In Vanguard Of The Imam, Afshon Ostovar Has Written The First Comprehensive History Of The Organization.^ Situating The Rise Of The Guards In The Larger Contexts Of Shiite Islam, Modern Iranian History, And International Affairs, Ostovar Takes A Multifaceted Approach In Demystifying The Organization And Detailing Its Evolution Since 1979. Politics, Power, And Religion Collide In This Story, Wherein The Revolutionary Guards Transform From A Rag-tag Militia Established In The Mids

Author

Ostovar, Afshon

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199387892