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invasion
Iranian Revolution
maps
Middle East
Ruhollah Khomeini
Saddam Hussein
Shatt Al-Arab
Shia Muslim
short pocket guide summary
strategy
Sunni
tactic
territorial dispute
victory
Product details
- ISBN 9781841763712
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 170 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 25 Apr 2002
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Iran-Iraq War, which ended one month short of its eighth anniversary, was one of the longest, bloodiest and costliest armed conflicts of the developing world in the twentieth century.
Professor Karsh addresses the causes of the Iran-Iraq War, unpacking the objectives of the two belligerents and examining how far objectives were matched by strategy. He assesses the war's military lessons regarding such key areas as strategy, tactics and escalation and in particular the use of non-conventional weapons.
Finally, he examines the utility of armed force as an instrument of foreign policy, alongside maps and illustrations throughout.
Efraim Karsh is Professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and Professor Emeritus of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King’s College London. A former director of the Middle East Forum, he is editor of Middle East Quarterly and Israel Affairs. Professor Karsh has published extensively on Middle Eastern affairs, Soviet foreign policy and European neutrality.
