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Persian Gulf Command : a history of the Second World War in Iran and Iraq /

A new history of the long-overlooked WWII theater in Iran and Iraq, its unrecognized significance, and its impact on local society and politics This dynamic history is the first to construct a total picture of the experience and impact of World War II in Iran and Iraq. Contending that these two coun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Ashley, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Iran, Iraq and the great powers
  • Defending Iran and Iraq
  • Towards the Iraqi coup
  • Iraq goes to war
  • Fallujah and the advance on Baghdad
  • Mopping up and de-Nazification
  • Barbarossa and Iran
  • Anglo-Soviet invasion
  • Abdication and occupation
  • War and the home front
  • Churchill's new command
  • 'Jumbo' and the Germans
  • The Persian corridor
  • An allied battleground
  • War's end
  • Endnotes
  • Sources and bibliography
  • Index.