The Iran-Iraq War /

Main Author: Johnson, Robert, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Twentieth-century wars
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245 1 4 |a The Iran-Iraq War /  |c Rob Johnson. 
260 1 4 |a Basingstoke :  |b Palgrave Macmillan,  |c 2011. 
300 1 4 |a xii, 214 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 22 cm. 
490 1 4 |a Twentieth-century wars 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 1 4 |a I: The causes and context of the conflict -- Introduction -- Iran's revolution and Iraq's ambitions -- II: The early operations -- The Iraqi offensive of September 1980 and the failure of Saddam's 'limited war' -- Human waves: Iran's counter-offensives into Iraq -- Escalation: operations Wa al Fajr and Khaibar, 1984 -- Foreign intervention, 1980-84 -- III: The search for a decisive results -- Turning point: operations Badr and Fao, 1985-86 -- War of the cities. home fronts, internal security and insurgency -- IV: Breaking the impasse -- The Tanker War, the arms trade and international interventions, 1985-87 -- The failure of strategy: Iranian offensives and Iraqi counter-offensives, 1987-88 -- Fuelling the flames: gulf operations, 1987-88 -- V: Consequences and conclusions -- The Iran-Iraq war in retrospect. 
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