Iran, Revolution, and proxy wars. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei.
• Other Names: Seliktar, Ofira; Rezaei, Farhad
• Contents: Intro -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Exporting the Revolution and Building Hegemony -- The Duality of the New Regime: Iran as a State and an Exporter of the Revolution -- The Enemies of Islam: The Great Satan and the Little Satan -- Erecting the Infrastructure for Revolutionary Export: Asymmetrical Warfare by Proxies -- References -- Chapter 2: Hezbollah in Lebanon: Creating the Model Proxy -- The Political and Military Structure of Hezbollah: A State Within a State Within an Ummah -- The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon: Iran's Carpe Diem Moment Retribution for Operation Staunch: The Attack in Kuwait -- The Great Debate: The Logic of State Versus the Logic of Revolution -- The Israeli Occupation as a Laboratory for Asymmetrical Warfare by Proxy -- The Hazards of the Proxy Strategy: The Road to the Second Lebanon War -- Lessons Learned from the Second Lebanon War: The War Between the Wars -- References -- Chapter 3: Deploying Proxies Against the "Zionist Enemy" and Undermining the Oslo Peace Process -- The Palestinian Islamists: From Muslim Brotherhood to Iranian Proxies -- The Rise and Fall of Oslo Peace: The Iranians as Peace Spoilers The Second Intifada: Iran's Nail in the Oslo Peace Coffin -- Tunnels and Projectiles: Taking a Page from Hezbollah -- Operation Cast Lead: Lessons Learned from the Second Lebanon War -- Operation Pillar of Defense and Operation Protective Edge: Testing the Limits of the Balance of Deterrence -- References -- Chapter 4: Al-Qaeda: Islamist Ecumenism Against the United States and the West -- Iran in Sudan: The African "Lebanon" of the Islamist Revolution -- The Failed State of Somalia: Testing the Anti-American Strategy -- The Limits of Sudan as an "African Lebanon." Al-Qaeda and Iran in Afghanistan: The Ups and Down of a Troubled Relationship -- Post-9/11 Al-Qaeda in Iran: Useful Houseguests in a New Crusade Against the United States -- Finding Common Ground in Afghanistan: Quds Force, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban -- References -- Chapter 5: From the Badr Brigade to the Popular Mobilization Forces: Fighting the Americans While Turning Iraq into a New Lebanon -- America Invasion: "God's Gift to Iran" -- A Shiite-Dominated Iraq: The Iranian Version of an Ethno-Religious Democracy -- The Maliki Government: Qassem Suleimani's Man in Baghdad The ISIS Debacle and the Future of the Lebanonization of Iraq -- References -- Chapter 6: Rescuing the Assad Regime and Turning Syria into a Client State -- The Syrian Spring: From Popular Protest to Mass Violence -- The Shiite Liberation Army: Quds Force Expeditionary Force -- Turning the Tide: Russian Intervention and the Russian-Iranian Alliance -- After Aleppo: Shaping Syria into an Iranian Dependency -- Land Bridge and Beyond: Turning Syria into a Strategic Platform Against Israel -- The Political Project: Turning Syria into a Client State -- References
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (252 pages)
• Subjects: 320.955; Politics and government; Iran -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Iran; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030294182; 3030294188
• Related ISBNs: 9783030294175
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