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Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.
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Geopolitics -- Middle East.
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Geopolitics -- Persian Gulf Region.
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| Descript |
1 online resource (xviii, 640 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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text txt |
| Media |
computer c |
| Carrier |
online resource cr |
| Note |
Originally published: La Guerre Iran-Irak, 1980-1988: Premiere guerre du Golfe. Perrin, un department d'Edi8, 2013. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Escalation -- Chapter 2. Saddam's Qadisiyyah -- Chapter 3. How Did It Come to Th is? -- Chapter 4. Did the United States Push Saddam to Attack? -- Chapter 5. France Sides with Iraq -- Chapter 6. The Arabs Divided -- Chapter 7. Israel Banks on Iran and Turkey Benefits from the War -- Chapter 8. The "Valmy" Effect -- Chapter 9. Stalemate -- Chapter 10. The Initiative Changes Sides -- Chapter 11. The Mullahs Take Power -- Chapter 12. First Victories -- Chapter 13. New Mediation -- Chapter 14. The Iranians Recapture Their Territory -- Chapter 15. Blessed Ramadan Offensive -- Chapter 16. Bloody Dawns -- Chapter 17. Saddam's Ace in the Hole -- Chapter 18. The Lebanese Hostage Crisis -- Chapter 19. Money Has No Smell -- Chapter 20. Total War -- Chapter 21. The Year of the Pilot -- Chapter 22. Oil and the War Machine -- Chapter 24. Deadlock -- Chapter 25. The Iran-Contra Affair -- Chapter 26. All- Out Offensives -- Chapter 27. Iran Changes Strategy -- Chapter 28. The Gulf Set Ablaze -- Chapter 29. The Halabja Massacre -- Chapter 30. The Destruction of Iran Air Flight 655 -- Chapter 31. Endgame -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Note |
Translated from the French. |
| Alt author |
Elliott, Nicholas, translator.
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| ISBN |
9780674915701 (electronic bk.) |
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0674915704 (electronic bk.) |
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9780674088634 |
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0674088638 |
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0674915712 |
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9780674915718 |
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