LEADER 03789oam 2200673I 450 001 9910452909003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-07478-5 010 $a1-283-87215-3 010 $a1-135-11536-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203074787 035 $a(CKB)2550000000709706 035 $a(EBL)1097796 035 $a(OCoLC)823388779 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784955 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12353109 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784955 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10782809 035 $a(PQKB)11350127 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1097796 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1097796 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10635084 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418465 035 $a(OCoLC)822018727 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000709706 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Iran-Iraq War $enew international perspectives /$fedited by Nigel Ashton and Bryan R. Gibson 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 1 $aCold War history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-83190-5 311 $a0-415-68524-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLessons learned : civil military relations during the Iran-Iraq War and its influence on the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War / Ibrahim Al-Marashi -- Saddam and the Iran-Iraq War : rule from the top / Williamson Murray and Kevin Woods -- Mustazafin and Taghutti : Iran and the war, 1980-1988 / Rob Johnson -- The true role of oil in the outcome of the Iran-Iraq War : some important lessons in historical context / Farzin Nadimi -- The finances of war : Iraq, credit and conflict, September 1980-August 1990 / Glen Rangwala -- The Gulf States and the Iran-Iraq War : cooperation and confusion / Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen -- The ostensible "silent victor" : the long-term impact of the Iran-Iraq War on Turkey's regional position and neighborly relations / Elliot Hen-Tov -- Reappraising the Carter administration's response / Chris Emery -- Changing American perspectives on the Iraq-Iran War / Judith Yaphe -- Critical oral history : a new approach to examining the United States' role in the war / Malcolm Byrne -- France's discrete involvement in the Iran-Iraq War / Pierre Razoux -- The Soviet Union and the Iran-Iraq War / Artemy Kalinovsky. 330 $aThis volume offers a wide-ranging examination of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), featuring fresh regional and international perspectives derived from recently available new archival material.Three decades ago Iran and Iraq became embroiled in a devastating eight-year war which served to re-define the international relations of the Gulf region. The Iran-Iraq War stands as an anomaly in the Cold War era; it was the only significant conflict in which the interests of the United States and Soviet Union unwittingly aligned, with both superpowers ultimately supporting the Iraqi regime.