Iran-Iraq War

ROB JOHNSON is Deputy Director of the Oxford Changing Character of War research programme and Lecturer in the History of War at Oxford University, UK. A former Army Officer, his previous publications include British Imperialisms (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).

'Well-balanced, detailed and very readable, providing undergraduates and others with a clear and sound analysis of the war.' - Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

• Preface List of Maps and FiguresPART ONE: THE CAUSES AND CONTEXT OF THE CONFLICT Introduction Iran's Revolution and Iraq's Ambitions PART TWO: THE EARLY OPERATIONS The Iraqui Offensive of September 1980 and the Failure of Sadam's 'Limited War' Human Waves: Iran's Counter-Offensive and Operation Jerusalem, 1981-83Escalation: Operations Wa al Fajr and Khaibar, 1984 Foreign Intervention, 1980-84 PART THREE: THE SEARCH FOR A DECISIVE RESULT Turning Point: Operations Badr and Fao, 1985-86 War of the Cities: Home Fronts, International Security and Insurgency PART FOUR: BREAKING THE IMPASSE The Tanker War, the Arms Trade and International Intervention, 1985-87 The Failure of Strategy: Iranian Offensives and Iraqi Counter-Offensives, 1987-88 Fuelling the Flames: Gulf Operations 1987-88CONSEQUENCES AND CONCLUSIONS The Iran-Iraq War in RetrospectNotes Select Bibliography Index.