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

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

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Author / Creator:	Jackson, Ashley, 1940- author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] ©2018
Description:	1 online resource (XIII, 420 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Iran. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Iraq. Military campaigns. Iran. Iraq.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12647624

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ISBN:	9780300235364 0300235364 0300221967 9780300221961
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 20, 2018).
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.
Other form:	Print version: Jackson, Ashley, 1940- Persian Gulf Command. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] 9780300221961 0300221967

Table of 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.