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1996
The eight-year Iran-Iraq War began in September 1980, when on the 10th Iraqi troops occupied Qasr Sherin and other Iranian border towns, although Iran dates its commencement from skirmishes on the 4th. On the 17th Saddam Hussein, who had become president of Iraq on 16 July the previous year, abrogated the Algiers Treaty, and on the 20th President Bani ...
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The eight-year Iran-Iraq War began in September 1980, when on the 10th Iraqi troops occupied Qasr Sherin and other Iranian border towns, although Iran dates its commencement from skirmishes on the 4th. On the 17th Saddam Hussein, who had become president of Iraq on 16 July the previous year, abrogated the Algiers Treaty, and on the 20th President Bani ...
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Escalation in the Iran‐Iraq War
Survival, 1989The word ‘escalation’ has only been in common use for some thirty years, but it has become such a commonplace term that it is now employed to signify virtually any kind of rise or growth, be it in the intensity of an armed conflict or in more mundane items such as house prices.
Philip A. G. Sabin, Efraim Karsh
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2013
1. Introduction, Nigel Ashton and Bryan Gibson Part I: Waging the War 2. Lessons Learned: Civil Military Relations during the Iran-Iraq War and its influence on the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War, Ibrahim Al-Marashi 3. Saddam and the Iran-Iraq War: Rule from the Top, Williamson Murray and Kevin Woods 4.
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1. Introduction, Nigel Ashton and Bryan Gibson Part I: Waging the War 2. Lessons Learned: Civil Military Relations during the Iran-Iraq War and its influence on the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War, Ibrahim Al-Marashi 3. Saddam and the Iran-Iraq War: Rule from the Top, Williamson Murray and Kevin Woods 4.
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1993
Several features of the Iran-Iraq war make it unique among the armed conflicts of modern times. It was the longest conventional war of the century. It was also one of the bloodiest — with nearly 400 000 people killed and another 800 000 injured.1 The cost of conducting the war, and the damage caused by it, amounted to hundreds of billions of US dollars.
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Several features of the Iran-Iraq war make it unique among the armed conflicts of modern times. It was the longest conventional war of the century. It was also one of the bloodiest — with nearly 400 000 people killed and another 800 000 injured.1 The cost of conducting the war, and the damage caused by it, amounted to hundreds of billions of US dollars.
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Profiteering on the Iran-Iraq war
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1987The six-year-long war has been a bonanza for arms traffickers, with billions of dollars in sales and decreased government controls. Not since before World War II have arms sales been so easy or so profitable.
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2001
Abstract : In September of 1980, Saddam Hussein initiated an offensive land war with Iran to realize Liddell Hart's prophetic desire for a better state of peace. He failed. Often viewed as an egotistical and demonic dictator, Saddam nevertheless was a sovereign leader with objectives, resources and a gameplan to reach his desired endstate.
Mike Isherwood, Dwight Trafton
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Abstract : In September of 1980, Saddam Hussein initiated an offensive land war with Iran to realize Liddell Hart's prophetic desire for a better state of peace. He failed. Often viewed as an egotistical and demonic dictator, Saddam nevertheless was a sovereign leader with objectives, resources and a gameplan to reach his desired endstate.
Mike Isherwood, Dwight Trafton
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2009
Abstract The iran-iraq war remains one of the longest conflicts in the history of the modern Middle East. The war would define Iran’s foreign policy orientation, as the exigencies of the conflict conditioned its approach to the United States, the Arab world, and even Israel.
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Abstract The iran-iraq war remains one of the longest conflicts in the history of the modern Middle East. The war would define Iran’s foreign policy orientation, as the exigencies of the conflict conditioned its approach to the United States, the Arab world, and even Israel.
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War and Religion: The Iran−Iraq War
2019Abstract Religion has historically played a central role in motivating rulers to start and individuals to participate in war. However, the decline of religion in international politics following the Peace of Westphalia and the inception of the modern nation-state system, which built and highlighted a sense of national identity ...
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