Behind the Iran-Iraq war rests a history of conflict stretching
back to the Ottoman Turks and the Persians. This book examines the
deep-seated and complex factors involved in the rivalry between
these two nations. It focuses particularly on the period between
1969 and 1984, a time that saw both the rise of the Ba?th party in
Iraq and Khomeini's return to power in Iran. These changes did much
to escalate tensions. The Ba?th party's ideological, socialist
regime and its emphasis on political secular concerns stood in
marked contrast to Iran under Khomeini and his efforts to spread an
Islamic revolution among the nation's Shiite majority. The author
discusses how these differences have affected three long-term
problems: Iraq's and Iran's rivalry for dominance in the Arabian
Gulf region; disputes over the Shatt al-Arab waterway, which serves
as a boundary between the two nations; and the Kurdish rebellion in
Iraq, supported by Iran. The volume also looks at the most recent
episodes of crisis and analyzes the evolution of the Iran-Iraq war
and its implications both regionally and globally. Unlike other
studies of Iraq's relations with Iran, Abdulghani's is
distinguished by its systematic and comprehensive synthesis which
interlocks legal, cultural, historical and political issues that
have characterized relations between the two countries.
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