The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps: Defining Iran's Military Doctrine

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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has yet to be directly analysed as a military security complex with significant political influence. This book explores Irans IRGC and Qods Force, focussing on its development following the Iranian Revolution, and how they have skilfully transformed Irans 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 Irans 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 Irans irregular capabilities and what measures are needed to combat it.

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A detailed and informative discussion of Iran's development of a hybrid warfare strategy and the central role of the IRGC -- Russell A. Berman, Stanford University, USA

Author Bio

Alma Keshavarz previously served on the Secretary of States Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State and is currently a visiting professor in international relations at Pepperdine University, School of Public Policy, USA.