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Iran's Military Forces and Warfighting Capabilities The Threat in the Northern Gulf
Anthony H. Cordesman, Martin Kleiber
Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
Book Code: C34612
ISBN: 0-313-34612-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34612-5
288 pages, 31 figs, 1 map, 11 tables
Praeger Security International General Interest-Cloth
Publication: 9/30/2007
List Price: $54.95 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • In this encyclopedic, informative book, Cordesman and Kleiber provide detailed data on Iran's current military capabilities and the structure of its armed forces, including the Revolutionary Guard Corps. They also describe Iran's missile capabilities and its evolving nuclear program. This is one of the most comprehensive books on mainstream American perspectives on Iran's military challenges to Persian Gulf stability, but it should be balanced by reading original Iranian sources that deal with existing and very real threats to the country's national security and territorial integrity. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.
    —Choice     April 2008
Description: Nations around the world are uncertain and anxious about Iran's intentions in the Middle East and the wider global arena. Its current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has made no secret of his opposition to Western society, particularly Israel, and his desire to acquire nuclear weapons. However, as Anthony H. Cordesman and Martin Kleiber point out, Ahmadinejad does not necessarily speak for the Iranian clerical regime, who operate in a cloud of secrecy and also directly control Iran's military. Given the ambiguous nature of Iran's global objectives, this new study focuses on the tangible aspects of Iran's military forces and takes an objective look at the realistic threats that Iran poses to the region and the world. The authors systematically assess each aspect of Iranian military forces from their conventional armies to their asymmetric threat via proxy wars in the region. Much attention in national security debates is paid to Iran's intentions without first understanding its capabilities. Lacking such a fundamental understanding, much of this speculation tends to be wasted and irrelevant to what could actually happen in the event of a conflict. Cordesman and Kleiber's study provides, in meticulous detail, a basis for understanding the realistic threat that Iran poses to the Northern Gulf.
LC Card Number: 2007029599
LCC Class: UA853
Dewey Class: 355
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