The Iran-Iraq war
Book - 2015
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- Published
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
[2015]
- Language
- English
French - Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- Originally published: La Guerre Iran-Irak, 1980-1988: Premiere guerre du Golfe. Perrin, un department d'Edi8, 2013.
- Physical Description
- xviii, 640 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780674088634
- List of Maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. Escalation
- 2. Saddam's Qadisiyyah
- 3. How Did It Come to This?
- 4. Did the United States Push Saddam to Attack?
- 5. France Sides with Iraq
- 6. The Arabs Divided
- 7. Israel Banks on Iran and Turkey Benefits from the War
- 8. The "Valmy" Effect
- 9. Stalemate
- 10. The Initiative Changes Sides
- 11. The Mullahs Take Power
- 12. First Victories
- 13. New Mediation
- 14. The Iranians Recapture Their Territory
- 15. Blessed Ramadan Offensive
- 16. Bloody Dawns
- 17. Saddam's Ace in the Hole
- 18. The Lebanese Hostage Crisis
- 19. Money Has No Smell
- 20. Total War
- 21. The Year of the Pilot
- 22. Oil and the War Machine
- 23. The Slaughter of the Child Soldiers
- 24. Deadlock
- 25. The Iran-Contra Affair
- 26. All-Out Offensives
- 27. Iran Changes Strategy
- 28. The Gulf Set Ablaze
- 29. The Halabja Massacre
- 30. The Destruction of Iran Air Flight 655
- 31. Endgame
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- A. Chronology
- B. Iraq and Iran in 1980
- C. Military High Command
- D. Military Forces
- E. Armed Opposition
- F. Foreign Military Assistance
- G. Oil
- H. International Naval Presence in the Gulf
- I. War Losses
- J. Financial Cost
- Notes
- Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Index