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The Gulf Tanker War

Iran and Iraq's Maritime Swordplay

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  • © 1998

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  1. Nadia El-Sayed El-Shazly
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction: The War Iraq Started and Could Not End

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    Pages 1-17

  3. The Tanker War: An Empirical Survey

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    Pages 18-44

  4. The Main Protagonist: Saddam Hussein’s Iraq Facing Khomeini’s Iran

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    Pages 45-81

  5. The Enduring Contest of Wills

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    Pages 82-113

  6. Power-Play in the Gulf

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    Pages 114-161

  7. The Actors, the Plot, the Props

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    Pages 162-200

  8. The Ledger — A Chronological Survey of the Conflict

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    Pages 201-259

  9. Iran’s Silent Force and the US Navy Take Centre Stage

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    Pages 260-304

  10. Conclusion: The War Iraq could not Win and Iran could not Lose

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    Pages 305-342

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 343-403
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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.

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Nadia El-Sayed El-Shazly is Reader in International Relations at the University of Durham.

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