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The Gulf War Its Origins, History and Consequences
346 Pages
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Routledge
334 Pages
by
Routledge
346 Pages
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Routledge
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After a million deaths and twice that number injured, after the destruction of much of the infrastructure of Iran and Iraq, disruption of trade throughout the Gulf and the involvement of the USA and USSR, was the Gulf War a pointless exercise, a futile conflict which achieved nothing and left the combatants at the end of it all back in exactly the same position from which they started in 1980? In... Read more
1. Khomeini’s Poisoned Chalice 2. Preparations for War 3. Iraq’s Failed Blitzkrieg 4. Iran and Iraq: Internal Wars 5. Exporting the Islamic Revolution 6. Khorramshahr: the City of Blood 7. America: the Great Satan 8. The Turn of the Tide 9. Reluctant Allies: the Threat to the Arab Gulf 10. Secret Arms Deals 11. The Soviet Union: the Other Satan 12. The Struggle for Power in Tehran 13. The War at Sea: America Joins In 14. New Battles to Settle Old Scores 15. Islam Divided: the Conflict Remains
Biography
John Bulloch, Harvey Morris
