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The Gulf Tanker War
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The Gulf Tanker War

Iran and Iraq's Maritime Swordplay

von Nadia El-Sayed El-Shazly

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Details

ISBN
9781349263042
Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan UK (London)
Erschienen
27.07.2016
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
403
Einband
EA
Kategorie
Nonbooks, PBS / Politikwissenschaft/Politisches System

Beschreibung

In the 1984 Tanker War, Iraq used its superiority in airpower as an instrument in naval warfare, in a strategy designed to end combat. Iraq hoped to weaken Iran's economy and internationalize the war to force it to cease fighting, or remove the government; negotiations would follow, with Baghdad in a position of strength. Although the Iran-Iraq War was first and foremost a ground war, an argument can be made that the Tanker War contributed to the 1988 ceasefire.