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Author:   Rob Johnson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.921kg
ISBN:  

9780230577749

ISBN 10:   0230577741
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   24 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Maps and Figures PART ONE: THE CAUSES AND CONTEXT OF THE CONFLICT Introduction Iran's Revolution and Iraq's Ambitions PART TWO: THE EARLY OPERATIONS The Iraqui Offensive of September 1980 and the Failure of Sadam's 'Limited War' Human Waves: Iran's Counter-Offensive and Operation Jerusalem, 1981-83 Escalation: Operations Wa al Fajr and Khaibar, 1984 Foreign Intervention, 1980-84 PART THREE: THE SEARCH FOR A DECISIVE RESULT Turning Point: Operations Badr and Fao, 1985-86 War of the Cities: Home Fronts, International Security and Insurgency PART FOUR: BREAKING THE IMPASSE The Tanker War, the Arms Trade and International Intervention, 1985-87 The Failure of Strategy: Iranian Offensives and Iraqi Counter-Offensives, 1987-88 Fuelling the Flames: Gulf Operations 1987-88 CONSEQUENCES AND CONCLUSIONS The Iran-Iraq War in Retrospect Notes Select Bibliography Index.

Reviews

'Well-balanced, detailed and very readable, providing undergraduates and others with a clear and sound analysis of the war.' - Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK '...an excellent account...' - Asian Affairs

'Well-balanced, detailed and very readable, providing undergraduates and others with a clear and sound analysis of the war.' - Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

Author Information

ROB JOHNSON is Deputy Director of the Oxford Changing Character of War research programme and Lecturer in the History of War at Oxford University, UK. A former Army Officer, his previous publications include British Imperialisms (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).

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