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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348231303321

Autore

Mofid Kamran

Titolo

The economic consequences of the Gulf war / / Kamran Mofid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1990

ISBN

1-134-93964-7

1-134-93965-5

1-280-23710-4

9786610237104

0-203-99210-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

330.955054

955.05/4

Soggetti

Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Iran Defenses Economic aspects

Iraq Defenses Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Iran and Iraq at war: the analysis of the economic consequences; 3 Iraq at war: the analysis of the economic consequences; 4 Militarization of Iran 1973-8: an economic analysis; 5 The political economy of military expenditure in Iran during the war; 6 Militarization of Iraq 1973-8: an economic analysis; 7 The political economy of military expenditure in Iraq during the war; 8 The Iran-Iraq war and the arms trade

9 The impact of the war on the military expenditure and arms imports of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait10 The economic cost of the war: the assignment of a dollar value, September 1980-August 1988; 11 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Iran-Iraq War were one of the longest and most devastating uninterrupted wars amongst modern nation states. It produced neither victor nor vanquished and left the regimes in both countries basically



intact. However, it is clear that the domestic, regional and international repercussions of the war mean that 'going back' is not an option. Iraq owes too much to regain the lead it formerly held in economic performance and development levels. What then does reconstruction mean?In this book, Kamran Mofid counteracts the scant analysis to date of the economic consequences of the Gulf W