The Longest War: Iran-Iraq Military Conflict - Softcover

Hiro, Dilip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 058609038X ISBN 13: 9780586090381

Publisher: Paladin, 1990

Synopsis

In The Longest War, Dilip Hiro describes the causes and courses of the Iran-Iraq military conflict and its effect on the two antagonists, as well as the rest of the world. He reveals the intricate twists and turns of international diplomacy and the realpolitik behind the rhetoric, providing a comprehensive and admirably balanced account of the political and military aspects of the "longest war."

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Review

"Hiro's work, clearly written and balanced, illustrated with photographs that portray the war in all its horror, is the best book on the subject so far."
From the reviews of the British edition:
-Patrick Seale, "The Observer
"Outstandingly objective . . . an object lesson in how an acocmplished journalist can and should reconstruct events of world-wide importance."
-Justin Wintle, "The Independent
"Authoritative . . . Hiro's exacting, analytical approach is especially appropriate for a war which has never been quite what it seems."
-Amanda Mitchison, "New Statesman and Society
"Pakistani journalist Dilip Hiro takes us well beyond images of Khomeini dart boards and Saddam voodoo dolls to reveal calculating interest groups whom the West might have manipulated more skillfully . . . . captures the human motivations behind the war."
-"Los Angeles Times
." . . with his maps and photographs, his chronology and documentary appendixes, he succeeds in chronicling with powerful detail what, to contemporary eyes, is that conflict's cruel and utter futility."
-Lisa Anderson, "New York Times Book Review

Synopsis

This book describes the background and course of the eight-year-long Gulf war and provides a general assessment of its political, economic and social effects on the rest of the world, including the superpowers. Dilip Hiro has written many books on Eastern politics, his most recent ones being "Islamic Fundamentalism", "Iran: The revolution within" and "Inside the Middle East". He has also written works of fiction and contributes regularly to the "The Sunday Times", "The Guardian" and "New Statesman".

Edition details

• Publisher: Paladin
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 058609038X
• ISBN 13: 9780586090381
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352