Chemical weapons in the Middle East
This edition comprehensively covers the military-historical aspects of the creation, use, and development of chemical weapons in the Middle East. Using the example of the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988, its role in various types of modern warfare is examined for the first time. When was the first use of chemical weapons in the Middle East? When did Iraq become one of the most economically prosperous Arab countries? Who were the main suppliers of weapons to Iraq? What were the causes of the Iran-Iraq war? What was a major destabilizing factor in Iraqi domestic politics? What events on the front forced Iraq to begin using chemical weapons? What allowed Baghdad to legally purchase "dual-use chemicals" from foreign suppliers for its chemical program? What did the use of chemical weapons on the front look like? What can explain the reasons for the high Iranian casualties from chemical weapons? What were the medical effects of sulfur mustard, tabun, sarin, and cyclosarin? What events preceded the chemical warfare in Syria? Working on the book, the authors used official UN documents and materials, declassified CIA documents, publications in academic journals and periodicals, and other open Western, Arab, and Iranian sources.
The authors have used official UN documents and materials, declassified CIA documents, publications in academic journals and periodicals, and other open Western, Arab, and Iranian sources.
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