Author: L. Potter
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 140398042X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
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Iraq and Iran are the two most important states in the Gulf region, given their population size, military strength, and the potential threat they pose to other states in the region. This book enhances our understanding of the troubled relationship between Iran and Iraq, placing it in historical context, examining the rapid deterioration leading to the eight-year war that started in 1980 and the effects of that trauma, and exploring the ongoing issues that currently bedevil bilateral relations. The authors cover such central issues as how each side has sought to use opposition groups in the other state to weaken it, ethnic divisions, the role of outside states (especially the United States), and a fascinating account of how the war affected a generation of Iraqis and Iranians. The role of the U.S. in the region and how U.S. policy has affected the two states are also considered. This book provides a basis for understanding the background of a tumultuous relationship that is entering a new era.
Author: Narges Bajoghli
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351050575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 197
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The Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) is a cornerstone of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s existence. It entrenched the newly established regime and provided the means for its consolidation of power in the country following the 1979 Revolution. Officially recognized as the "War of Sacred Defense", the Iranian government has been careful to control public discourse and cultural representation concerning the war since the since wartime. Nearly 30 years since the war’s end, however, debates around the war and its aftermath are still very much alive in Iran today. This volume uncovers what some of those debates mean, nearly 30 years since the war's end. The chapters in this volume take a fresh look at the far-reaching legacies of the Iran-Iraq War in Iran today – a war that dominated the first decade of the Islamic Republic’s existence. The chapters examine the political, social and cultural ramifications of the war and the wide range of debates that surround it. The chapters in this book were originally published in Middle East Critique.
Author: Stephen C. Pelletiere
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Author: Zoltan Barany
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190866209
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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Armies of Arabia is the first book to comprehensively analyze the armed forces of the Gulf monarchies. Zoltan Barany explains the conspicuous ineffectiveness of Gulf militaries with a combination of political-structural and sociocultural factors. Following a brief exposition on their historical evolution, he explores the region's six armies of the region comparatively, through the lenses of military politics, sociology, economics, and diplomacy. The book'sthemes come together in the last chapter that critically evaluates the Saudi and Emirati armed forces' record in the on-going war in Yemen.
Author: Williamson Murray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139993216
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
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The Iran-Iraq War is one of the largest, yet least documented conflicts in the history of the Middle East. Drawing from an extensive cache of captured Iraqi government records, this book is the first comprehensive military and strategic account of the war through the lens of the Iraqi regime and its senior military commanders. It explores the rationale and decision-making processes that drove the Iraqis as they grappled with challenges that, at times, threatened their existence. Beginning with the bizarre lack of planning by the Iraqis in their invasion of Iran, the authors reveal Saddam's desperate attempts to improve the competence of an officer corps that he had purged to safeguard its loyalty to his tyranny, and then to weather the storm of suicidal attacks by Iranian religious revolutionaries. This is a unique and important contribution to our understanding of the history of war and the contemporary Middle East.
Author: Jerome Donovan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136884033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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In a tradition that dates back to the time of Thucydides, and the Peloponnesian War, the systematic examination of conflict and war has long been a preoccupation of political scientists seeking to resolve the enduring question: Why do wars occur? This study directly engages this question with a specific focus on explaining the conflict between Iran and Iraq, arguably the longest and one of the more costly conventional wars of the twentieth century. Explaining the systemic nature of conflict within the Middle East, and specifically between Iran and Iraq, the book illustrates how IR theory can be utilised in explaining conflict dynamics in the Middle East. The author’s integrated approach to understanding interstate conflict escalation demonstrates that when taken together issues, interaction and power capabilities lend themselves to a much richer account of the dyadic relationship between Iran and Iraq in the lead up to war in 1980. Addressing a disparity between international relations and Middle Eastern area studies, this book fills an important gap in the existing scholarly literature on the causes of war. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of peace and conflict studies, Middle Eastern studies and International Relations.
Author: Dilip Hiro
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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In "The Longest War," Dilip Hiro describes the causes and courses of the Iran-Iraq military conflict and its effect on the two antagonists, as well as the rest of the world. He reveals the intricate twists and turns of international diplomacy and the "realpolitik" behind the rhetoric, providing a comprehensive and admirably balanced account of the political and military aspects of the "longest war."
Author: Jeffrey Record
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597975907
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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A complete explanation of the U.S. decision to go to war in 2003.
Author: Sandra Halperin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107109469
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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This book reveals how the structures and practices of past empires interact with and shape contemporary 'national' ones.
Author: David Koh Wee Hock
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN: 9812304681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Illustrates how the political and social fallout from the World War II is still alive and divisive in South and East Asia.
