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001 2010053346
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005 20111027164333.0
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020 $a9780230577749 (pbk.)
020 $a0230577741 (pbk.)
020 $a9780230577732 (hardback)
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100 1 $aJohnson, Robert,$d1967-
245 14 $aThe Iran-Iraq War /$cRob Johnson.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $axii, 214 p. :$bill., maps ;$c22 cm.
490 0 $aTwentieth-century wars
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"The recent conflicts of the Middle East can be traced directly to the Iran-Iraq War. Rob Johnson provides a sound and clear grasp of the major issues surrounding this war - an essential precursor to understanding the nature of both the Iraqi and Iranian regimes in the 1990s and their regional aspirations, and the ensuing Gulf Wars"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aI: 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.
650 0 $aIran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.
650 0 $aIran-Iraq War, 1980-1988$xInfluence.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1388/2281150/image/lgcover.9780230577749.jpg