Bibliograph

The Iran-Iraq War, Rob Johnson

Type

Label

The Iran-Iraq War, Rob Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Iran-Iraq War

Oclc number

695298039

Responsibility statement

Rob Johnson

Series statement

Twentieth-century wars

Table Of Contents

Maps -- 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 -- The Final War of the Cities and the Offensives of 1987-88 -- CONSEQUENCES AND CONCLUSIONS -- The Iran-Iraq war in Retrospect -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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