Iran's Revolutionary Guard : the threat that grows while America sleeps /

Iran's Revolutionary Guard : the threat that grows while America sleeps /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	O'Hern, Steven K., 1954-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2012.
Description:	xvi, 271 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Ubqilāb-i Islāmī (Iran) Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī (Iran) State-sponsored terrorism -- Iran. Nuclear weapons -- Iran. Nuclear terrorism -- United States -- Prevention. National security -- United States. National security. Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention. Nuclear weapons. State-sponsored terrorism. Iran. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8950326

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ISBN:	9781597977012 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1597977012 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781597978231 (electronic) 159797823X (electronic)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261)5 and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Guard at Work
2. Born into Revolution, Raised at War
3. Exporting Revolution: The IRGC in the 1980s
4. The Revolutionary Guard Evolves
5. The Quds Force
6. The IRGC's Economic and Political Power
7. The Threat to the U.S. Homeland
8. Nukes: The Ultimate Weapon
9. Why Conflict with Iran May be Inevitable
10. The United States Can Prevail-But Only If It Wakes Up
Appendix: People
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author