Book contents
- The Unfinished History of the Iran–Iraq War
- The Unfinished History of the Iran–Iraq War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map of Iran
- Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Citation
- List of Abbreviations and Key Terms
- Names of Key Figures
- Chronology
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Guards
- 2 Historians
- 3 Striking While the Revolution’s Hot
- 4 Willing and Unable
- 5 The Epic of Khorramshahr
- 6 Pursuing the Aggressor
- 7 War for Peace
- 8 An End to a War Without End
- 9 Faith and Firepower
- 10 The Holy Defense Continues
- 11 Unfinished History
- 12 Keeping the War Alive
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Keeping the War Alive
The IRGC’s Commitment to Writing the History of the Iran–Iraq War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 October 2021
- The Unfinished History of the Iran–Iraq War
- The Unfinished History of the Iran–Iraq War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map of Iran
- Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Citation
- List of Abbreviations and Key Terms
- Names of Key Figures
- Chronology
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Guards
- 2 Historians
- 3 Striking While the Revolution’s Hot
- 4 Willing and Unable
- 5 The Epic of Khorramshahr
- 6 Pursuing the Aggressor
- 7 War for Peace
- 8 An End to a War Without End
- 9 Faith and Firepower
- 10 The Holy Defense Continues
- 11 Unfinished History
- 12 Keeping the War Alive
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 12 ties together the book’s central themes and highlights its main contributions. It argues that the Revolutionary Guards have endeavored to write the history of the Iran-Iraq War because of the way the Guards view the importance and meaning of the conflict in Iran today, the way they understand the nature and dynamism of history, and their commitment to what they view as the historical imperative of keeping the war alive.
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- The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq WarFaith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards, pp. 246 - 266Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021