The Lessons of Modern War - Volume II - The Iran-Iraq War – Chapter 2: The Conditions That Shaped The Iran - Iraq War

May 1, 1990

Part of a series of reports on the Gulf War of 1990-1991, and its aftermath. The Book version is available as Lessons of Modern War- Volume II: The Iran-Iraq War, a Westview book coauthored with Abraham R. Wagner.

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