The Iran-iraq War

by Johnson, Rob

• ISBN13: 9780230577749
• ISBN10: 0230577741
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-15
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Rob Johnson is Deputy Director of the Oxford Changing Character of War research programme and Lecturer in the History of War at Oxford University. A former Army officer, his previous publications include British Imperialism (2003) which is also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Table of Contents

Maps and Figures	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
The Causes and Context of the Conflict
Introduction	p. 3
Iran's Revolution and Iraq's Ambitions	p. 12
The Early Operations
The Iraqi Offensive of September 1980 and the Failure of Saddam's 'Limited War'	p. 49
Human Waves: Iran's Counter-Offensives into Iraq	p. 71
Escalation: Operations Wa al Fajr and Khaibar, 1984	p. 80
Foreign Intervention, 1980-84	p. 90
The Search for a Decisive Result
Turning Point: Operations Badr and Fao, 1985-86	p. 109
War of the Cities, Home Fronts, Internal Security and Insurgency	p. 117
Breaking the Impasse
The Tanker War, the Arms Trade and International Intervention, 1985-87	p. 139
The Failure of Strategy: Iranian Offensives and Iraqi Counter-offensives, 1987-88	p. 151
Fuelling the Flames: Gulf Operations, 1987-88	p. 164
Consequences and Conclusions
The Iran-Iraq War in Retrospect	p. 179
Notes	p. 195
Select Bibliography	p. 207
Index	p. 211
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