THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR VOLUME 1: THE BATTLE FOR KHUZESTAN, SEPTEMBER 1980-MAY 1982 by E. R. Hooton and Tom Cooper

(Subject: Post World War II - Gulf, Middle East, Afghanistan) The Iran-Iraq War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century and accidentally created 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 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-WWII era. This 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. (Published: 2016) (Publisher: Helion & Co.) (Pagination: A4 format, 80pp, numerous b/w photos, maps & colour photos ) (Condition: New in card cover) UL-XXXXXX