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| Genre/Form: | History Military history |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hiro, Dilip. Longest war. New York : Routledge, 1991 (OCoLC)645798862 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dilip Hiro |
| ISBN: | 0415904064 9780415904063 0415904072 9780415904070 |
| OCLC Number: | 22347651 |
| Notes: | Reprint. Originally published: London : Grafton, 1989. Includes glossary and appendixes. |
| Description: | xxiv, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | Roots of Conflict -- Embattled Iran -- Outside Powers -- Embattled Iraq -- Impact of the War Abroad -- Total Warfare: tankers and cities -- International Repercussions -- Iran's Fao Offensive and After -- Internationalization of the War -- The End -- Conclusions. |
| Responsibility: | Dilip Hiro. |
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"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 Read more...

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