Iran-Iraq War: The Lion Of Babylon 1980-1988 Anthony Tucker-Jones Pen Sword Military Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General Issues

The Bloody Eight-Year Iran-Iraq War Is Now Almost Forgotten Overshadowed By Subsequent Gulf And Iraq However It Best Remembered For Unique So-Called \ Tanker War\ Which Threatened To Strangle World\ S Oil Supplies At Time Tucker-Jones As A Defence Analyst Wrote Extensively On Brings His Expertise Bear With This Account Of Conflict Fuelled Festering Regional Rivalries Cold Emerging Threat Posed Militant Shia Islam Fought Land Sea In Air Using Some Most Modern Weapons Money Could Buy Western-Backed Saddam Hussein\ Sunni Iran Under Ayatollahs Themselves Standstill Once Saddam\ Armoured Blitzkrieg Had Been Halted Iran\ Human-Wave Counterattacks Off Became Attrition Major Battles Possession Khorramshahr Basra Both Sides Resorted Chemical Bombarding Each Other Missiles When Spilled Over Into Waters Sparked Open Western Intervention Escalating Attacks Tankers Finally Culminated Ceasefire Σελίδες: 136 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm