Iran-Iraq War - A Military and Strategic History

A comprehensive account of the Iran-Iraq War through the lens of the Iraqi regime and its senior military commanders.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. A context of 'bitterness and anger'; 3. The opponents; 4. 1980: the Iraqi invasion begins; 5. 1981-2: stalemate; 6. Defeat and recovery; 7. 1983-4: a war of attrition; 8. 1985-6: dog days of a long war; 9. 1987-8: an end in sight?; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Williamson Murray has just completed a two-year stint as a Minerva Fellow at the Naval War College and is at present serving as an adjunct professor at the Marine Corps University. He is also Emeritus of History at Ohio State University. At present he is a defense consultant and commentator on historical and military subjects in Washington, DC. He is co-editor of The Making of Peace (with Jim Lacey), The Past as Prologue (with Richard Hart Sinnreich), The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 (with MacGregor Knox), Military Innovation in the Interwar Period (with Allan R. Millett), and The Making of Strategy (with Alvin Bernstein and MacGregor Knox).

Summary

The Iran-Iraq War is one of the largest, yet least documented conflicts of the twentieth century. Drawing from an extensive cache of captured Iraqi government records, this book offers an unparalleled military and strategic account of the war through the lens of the Iraqi regime and its senior military commanders.

Product details

• Authors: Williamson Murray & Kevin Woods, Williamson Murray, Williamson (Ohio State University) Murray, Williamson (Ohio State University) Woods Murray, Williamson Woods Murray, Kevin Woods, Kevin M. Woods
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2014
• EAN: 9781107673922
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67392-2
• No. of pages: 410
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous