The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps

Defining Iran's Military Doctrine

Alma Keshavarz (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
30 November 2023

Warfare & defence; Theory of warfare & military science

Series: Studies in Contemporary Warfare

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has yet to be directly analysed as a military security complex with significant political influence. This book explores Iran’s IRGC and Qods Force, focussing on its development following the Iranian Revolution, and how they have skilfully transformed Iran’s defense doctrine to fight an irregular war that challenges the US and the West. Chapters detail the birth of the IRGC, its political development and influence within Iran, its relationship to militias and terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah, and involvement in Yemen and Iraq. Keshavarz brings first-hand knowledge of what government institutions are looking for with respect to the IRGC, outlining Iran’s hybrid war capabilities that the US and West often misunderstand or miss altogether, in order to provide a foreign policy analysis that identifies the challenges of Iran’s irregular capabilities and what measures are needed to combat it.

By: Alma Keshavarz (Carnegie Mellon University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350255654
ISBN 10: 1350255653
Series: Studies in Contemporary Warfare
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 30 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ACRONYMS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CHAPTER 1: US FOREIGN POLICY AND HYBRID WARFARE CHAPTER 2: QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED CHAPTER 3: THE OFFSPRING OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN CHAPTER 4: LAYING THE FOUNDATION CHAPTER 5: A CIVIL-MILITARY REVOLUTION IN POST-WAR EXPANSION CHAPTER 6: THE IRGC ECONOMY CHAPTER 7: THE IRANIAN WAY OF WAR CHAPTER 8: ROUHANI AND THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT CHAPTER 9: AN IRANIAN CYBER COMMAND? CHAPTER 10: A MODERN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE AGE OF HYBRID WARFARE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alma Keshavarz previously served on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State.