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

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a military security complex with significant political influence that has transformed Iran's defense doctrine to fight a hybrid war that challenges the US and the West. Keshavarz's book explores the IRGC's development, political development, influence within Iran, relationship to militias and terrorist organizations, and involvement in Yemen and Iraq, providing a foreign policy analysis of Irans irregular capabilities and measures needed to combat it.

Format: Hardback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a military security complex with significant political influence that has yet to be directly analysed. This book explores the IRGC and Qods Force, focusing on their development following the Iranian Revolution and how they have transformed Iran's defense doctrine to fight a hybrid 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.

Weight: 500g
Dimension: 163 x 243 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350255661