Revised Edition This new edition features new colour aircraft and vehicle profiles from Tom Cooper and Radek Panchartek, as well as revised and updated text. The Iran-Iraq War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century and accidentally created the current nightmare of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. There have been many books on the conflict, but this is the first detailed military history using materials from both sides, as well as materials obtained from US intelligence circles and British governmental archives. It provides a unique insight into a war which began through miscalculation and rapidly escalated into the longest conventional conflict in the post-Second World War era. The first volume looks at the background and describes in detail how Saddam Hussein decided to invade, but hamstrung, the Iraqi Army to restrict its greatest success to a narrow strip of territory in Iran's southern province of Khuzestan. This left the Iraqis unable to either advance or withdraw, and exposed them to ever greater and more successful Iranian counter-strokes which drove them out in May 1982 in the ferocious Battle of Khorramshahr.
| ISBN: | 9781913118525 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2019 |
| Author: | E R Hooton, Tom Cooper, Farzin Nadimi |
| Publisher: | Helion & Company an imprint of Helion & Company Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 88 pages |
| Series: | Middle East@war |
| Genres: |
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts Battles and campaigns |
Revised Edition This new edition features new colour aircraft and vehicle profiles from Tom Cooper and Radek Panchartek, as well as revised and updated text. The Iran-Iraq War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century and accidentally created the current nightmare of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. There have been many books on the conflict, but this is the first detailed military history using materials from both sides, as well as materials obtained from US intelligence circles and British governmental archives. It provides a unique insight into a war which began through miscalculation and rapidly escalated into the longest conventional conflict in the post-Second World War era. The first volume looks at the background and describes in detail how Saddam Hussein decided to invade, but hamstrung, the Iraqi Army to restrict its greatest success to a narrow strip of territory in Iran's southern province of Khuzestan. This left the Iraqis unable to either advance or withdraw, and exposed them to ever greater and more successful Iranian counter-strokes which drove them out in May 1982 in the ferocious Battle of Khorramshahr.
The Iran-Iraq War features in the following genres: Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Battles and campaigns
The Iran-Iraq War is available in Paperback
The Iran-Iraq War was written by E R Hooton, Tom Cooper, Farzin Nadimi and published by Helion & Company an imprint of Helion & Company Limited
The Iran-Iraq War has 88 pages
Yes it is part of Middle East@war series
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