| Description |
1 online resource (XIII, 420 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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 countries were more important to the Allied forces' war operations than has ever been acknowledged, historian Ashley Jackson investigates the grand strategy of the Allies and their operations in the region and the continuing legacy of Western intervention in the Middle East. Iran and Iraq served as the first WWII theater in which the U.S., the U.K., and the U.S.S.R. fought alongside each other. Jackson charts the intense Allied military activity in Iran and Iraq and reveals how deeply the war impacted common people's lives. He also provides revelations about the true nature of Anglo-American relations in the region, the beginnings of the Cold War, and the continuing corrosive legacy of Western influence in these lands. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Iran.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Iraq.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Military campaigns. |
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Iran. |
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Iraq. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jackson, Ashley, 1940- Persian Gulf Command. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] 9780300221961 0300221967 |
| ISBN |
9780300235364 (electronic book) |
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0300235364 (electronic book) |
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0300221967 |
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9780300221961 |
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