
The Iran-Iraq War Volume 2 (Revised & Expanded Edition)
Iran Strikes Back, June 1982-December 1986
Helion & Company (Publisher)
Published on 7. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-913118-53-2 (ISBN)
Description
Volume 2 takes up the account after Iraq withdrew from Khuzestan and is based upon material from both sides, from US Intelligence data, British Government documents and secret Iraqi files. Iraq's withdrawal exposed the great southern city of Basra to Iranian attack but it was shielded by fortifications based upon a huge anti-tank ditch, the so-called Fish Lake, which the Iranians tried to storm in the summer of 1982. This bloody failure left Tehran in a position where prestige prevented a withdrawal into Iran but the armed forces lacked the resources to bring the conflict to a favorable conclusion. During the next four years the Iranians tried to outflank the Fish Lake defenses initially through the marshes in the north and finally through an attack on the Fao Peninsula which increased national prestige but was a strategic failure and paved the way for Iraq's massive victories in 1988. This followed a series of successful defensive battles in which the Iranians were driven back with great loss. This account describes the battles in greater detail than before and, by examining them, provides unique insights and ends many of the myths which are repeated in many other accounts of this conflict.
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Series
Edition
Revised & Expanded
Language
English
Place of publication
Solihull
United Kingdom
Illustrations
120 photos, 15 artworks, 5-6 maps & 4-5 diags
Dimensions
Height: 299 mm
Width: 209 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913118-53-2 (9781913118532)
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Persons
E. R. Hooton is a successful retired defense journalist, including acting as a Jane's yearbook editor. He is the author of more than a dozen military history books ranging from the Balkans Wars 1912-1913, air operations over the Western Front 1916-1918, the breaking of the Hindenburg Line 1918, the Red Army 1937-1941, air operations 1939-1945 and the Communist Chinese victory of 1945-1951.