Wars of Modern Babylon (eBook)

A History of the Iraqi Army from 1921 to 2003

Pesach Malovany (Autor)

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2017
986 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-6945-3 (ISBN)

Infos

As long as there have been wars, victors have written the prevailing histories of the world's conflicts. An army that loses -- and especially one that is destroyed or disbanded -- is often forgotten. Nevertheless, the experiences of defeated forces can provide important insights, lessons, and perspectives not always apparent to the winning side.In Wars of Modern Babylon, Pesach Malovany provides a comprehensive and detailed history of the Iraqi military from its formation in 1921 to its collapse in 2003. Malovany analyzes Iraqi participation in the 1948, 1967, and 1973 Arab wars against Israel as well as Iraq's wars with the Kurds during the twentieth century. His primary focus, however, is the era of Saddam Hussein (1979--2003), who implemented rapid and significant military growth and fought three major wars: against Iran from 1980 to 1988, and against coalition forces led by the United States in 1991 and 2003. He examines the Iraqi military at the strategic, operative, and tactical levels; explains its forces and branches; and investigates its use of both conventional and unconventional weapons. The first study to offer a portrait of an Arab army from its own point of view, Wars of Modern Babylon features interviews with and personal accounts from officers at various levels, as well as press accounts covering the politics and conflicts of the period. Malovany also analyzes books written by key figures in the Iraqi government and the army high command. His definitive chronicle offers English speakers new and overlooked perspectives on critical developments in twentieth-century history. The book won the Israel Yitzhak Sade Award for Military Literature in 2010.

Autor

lt;P>Colonel Pesach Malovany, IDF (Ret.) is a senior intelligence analyst who served for many years in the collection and research units of the Intelligence Corps.

Inhalt

The development of the Iraqi Army from its establishment until the war against Iran (1921 - 1980)Wars fought by the Iraqi Army in the years prior to the war against IranThe Iraqi-Iranian dispute and the situation of their armies on the eve of the warThe Iraqi war plan and the liberation of the border enclaves (7-21 September, 1980)The war begins: The total Iraqi offensive (22-28 September, 1980)The completion of the Iraqi plan of attack in Khuzestan (October 1980) and the transition to static war (November -- December 1980)The Iranian forces' counter-attacks: First steps (January -- July 1981)The Iranian counter-attacks gain momentum and initial successes (September 1981 -- February 1982)The Iranian strategic offensive in Khuzestan (March -- May 1982) and the Iraqi retreat to the international border (June 1982)The turning of the wheel: The beginning of the Iranian offensive on Iraqi soil -- the First Basra Campaign (July 1982)The Iranian effort in the Maysan sector (November 1982 -- April 1983)The Iranian effort moves northwards to the 1st Corps sector (June -- November, 1983)The Iranian effort returns to the southern front (1984): The Tigris, Maysan first Huweize Marshes and second Basra battlesThe second Huweize Marshes battle (March 1985)The Iranians renew their attacks in the northern sector (1985-1986)The first Al-Faw battle (The Valfajr [Dawn]-8 Operation) (February-- March 1986)The Decisive Year: The "Karbala" battles -- Phase One (March -November 1986)The Decisive Year: The "Karbala" battles -- Phase Two (December 1986- April 1987)The Iranians increase their activities in the Kurdish province (April-December 1987)Introduction to the victory battles (January-April 1988): The initiative returns to Iraqi handsOperation Blessed Ramadan- The liberation of the Al-Faw Peninsula (17-18 April, 1988)The liberation operations in the southern sectorThe liberation operations in the central and northern sectors (July 1988)A summing-up of the warDoctrinal aspects of the functioning of the Iraqi Army's arms and corps during the war.The Iraqi Army in the period from the end of the war against Iran until the conquest of Kuwait (1988-1990)The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (August 1990)Reactions to the conquest of Kuwait and Iraqi preparations for the anticipated conflict with the CoalitionThe Mother of all Battles (Desert Storm) Phase I: The air campaign (16 January -- 28 February, 1991) and the surface-to-surface campaignThe Iraqi attack on Al-Khafji (January 1991)The Mother of all Battles (Desert Storm), Phase Two: The ground and sea campaign (24-28 February, 1991)The Mother of all Battles (Desert Storm) -- The ceasefire and the summations of the warThe Intifada, March 1991The Iraqi Army: Processes of reorganization and rehabilitationIraq's struggle against international supervision (1991-2003)The Iraqi Army's struggle against the continued Coalition attacks (1991-2003)The Iraqi Army's confrontation with the Kurds and IranThe Regime's struggle against internal oppositionThe next target Israel? The establishment of the Jerusalem Army for the liberation of PalestineThe last war: The "Decisive War " (Operation "Iraqi Freedom") -- Preparing for the warThe last war: The "Decisive War " (Operation "Iraqi Freedom") -- the course of the war until the conquest of Baghdad (20 March--13 April, 2003)The last war: The "Decisive War" (Operation "Iraqi Freedom") -- The fall of the regime and summary of the campaignMajor trends in the development of the military power and the Armed Forces High CommandGeneral Headquarters operational system and the military intelligenceThe whole nation is the army: The manpower systemTraining, training, training: The training systemThe training system corpsThe Logistic SystemIndependent bodies in the Ministry of Defense and the General StaffThe ground forces field systemThe air armOther arms: The naval and surface-to-surface missile armsAdditional military organizationsThe forces for the defence of the regimeMilitary industry and production: Conventional weaponsUnconventional weapons

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.7.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Foreign Military Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Foreign Military Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Foreign Military Studies
• Einführung: Kevin M. Woods
• Vorwort: Ya’akov Amidror, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
• Zusatzinfo: 250 b&w halftones, 59 maps
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Anti-terrorism • arab dictators • Arab World • coalition force • Coalition Forces • Iran • Iraq • iraqi armed forces • iraqi army • Iraq Resolution • middle east autocracy • Operation Desert Storm • Operation Iraqi Freedom • qadisiyat saddam • "Qadisiyat Saddam" • Saddam Hussein • second persian gulf war • The "Decisive War" (Operation "Iraqi Freedom") • the Iraqi Army/Armed Forces • the mother of all battles • The Mother of All Battles (Operation "Desert Storm")
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-6945-3 / 0813169453
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-6945-3 / 9780813169453