ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the relationship between The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America before and after the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution with particular emphasis on the post-revolutionary war stages. The analysis examines the adversarial relationship, fourth generation warfare, and the theoretical constructs that surround this form of warfare between states. The reality of the situation is that Iran and the United States are nations engaged in a low-intensity conflict. This work examines the low-intensity conflict between the United States and Iran, with respect to the military, economic, and political aspects in which the conflict has taken in the past thirty years. To begin, a meaningful comparison of Iranian and American interaction must examine the levels of analysis to determine how they relate to low-intensity conflict and fourth generation warfare. The chapter argues that the Iran-US low intensity conflict has all the characteristics of the Fourth Generation War (FGW).
