Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
Introduction: the geography and geopolitics of the Persian Gulf / Christopher C. Joyner -- pt. 1. Strategic and political dimensions -- The roots of crisis: Iraq and Iran / Edmund Ghareeb -- Strategic and political objectives in the Gulf War: Iran's view / Eric Hooglund -- The Iran-Iraq War: the view from Iraq / Phebe Marr -- Israel and the Iran-Iraq War / Bernard Reich -- The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Gulf War / Joseph A. Kechichian -- U.S. policy and the Gulf War: a question of means / Thomas L. McNaugher -- The role of U.S. military force in the Gulf War / Maxwell Orme Johnson -- Moscow and the Gulf War / Mark N. Katz -- pt. 2. Diplomatic and legal dimensions -- Choice and duty in foreign affairs: the reflagging of the Kuwaiti tankers / David D. Caron -- The law of maritime warfare and neutrality in the Gulf War / Boleslaw Adam Boczek -- The role of the United Nations in the Iran-Iraq War / Anthony Clark Arend -- Iran, Iraq, and the cease-fire negotiations: contemporary legal issues / Charles G.
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Persian Gulf War.
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.
Conflit irako-iranien, 1980-1988.
Golfkrieg
Iran - Iraq War (1980-1988).
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.
Politics and government
Persian Gulf Region, Politics and government.
Persique, Région du golfe, Politique et gouvernement.