Description
About the Author
Afshon Ostovar is an Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. He lives on the California Central Coast.
Reviews
2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Vanguard of the Imam, shows how important leftist opposition elements were in the creation of the insurrectionary ideology that informs the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (the IRGC) to this day." * Times Literary Supplement *
Ostovar provides a careful history of the organization and its domestic and foreign exploits." * Foreign Affairs *
Vanguard of the Imam is the most up-to-date account of the IRGC's rise. [It] aids in understanding the battles that rage today in the Middle East." * War on the Rocks *
Vanguard of the Imam is a very insightful book on the Revolutionary Guards. With the help of hitherto unused sources, Ostovar has thrown light on new dimensions of the Revolutionary Guards and the Islamic Iran. With unmatchable scholarship, Ostovar has highlighted the Revolutionary Guards' role in Islamic nation-building in post Islamic Revolutionary Iran. It is a must-read book to understand Islamic Iran." * The Washington Book Review *
The best book yet written on the Islamic Revolutionary Republican Guard (IRGC)." * Choice *
Ostovar's must-read book is the first study of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards that deals not only with their military and security dimension but also with the social and cultural history of the organization. It is a brilliant and unique achievement." * Juan Cole, Director, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan *
When at home or abroad, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the tip of Iran's revolutionary spear. Ostovar offers us a detailed, nuanced, and definitive guide." * Daniel Byman, Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution *
This is a book that will appeal both to scholars and students of contemporary Iran, and journalists and specialists, and to the literate wider public * an excellent book that deserves to be widely read and pondered." Michael Axworthy, author of Revolutionary Iran *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190882891
Author Afshon Ostovar
Format Paperback
Page Count 322
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 160mm * 231mm * 23mm