From Transformation to Containment: The Iran War’s Lesson for Campaign Design

Abstract Six months of American and Israeli operations degraded Iran’s military forces without breaking the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the institution that regenerates those forces. Washington has since shifted to denying the hard currency the Guard depends on. That instrument is right, but it will be judged by the wrong test if success requires Iran to give up its programs. … Read more The post From Transformation to Containment: The Iran War’s Lesson for Campaign Design appeared first

Source: Small Wars Journal