Power Struggle in the Gulf: A Re-evaluation of the IranIraq War
This article aims to analyze the power struggle in the Persian Gulf towards the end of the Cold War from a different perspective. The withdrawal of Britain from the region created a power vacuum and this caused a regional leadership struggle between countries such as Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Fac...
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| description | This article aims to analyze the power struggle in the Persian Gulf towards the end of the Cold War from a different perspective. The withdrawal of Britain from the region created a power vacuum and this caused a regional leadership struggle between countries such as Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Facing historical problems between each other, the Iran-Iraq rivalry came into prominence with this struggle. The fray between the two countries also caused the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988. This study argues that the Iran-Iraq War is a result of the Persian Gulf struggle and examines the armament activities of the parties concerned, the support they received and to which extend this support played a role in the conduct of the war. In this respect, the Iran-Iraq War concluded as a war of attrition without winners, caused the two countries to become a matter of secondary importance in the regional competition |
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| spelling | doaj-art-71fa50396beb4a1694375ff93bea56c72025-08-20T02:52:28ZengSakarya UniversityAkademik İncelemeler Dergisi1306-78852015-04-0110123124510.17550/aid.6031728Power Struggle in the Gulf: A Re-evaluation of the IranIraq WarFerhat PirinççiThis article aims to analyze the power struggle in the Persian Gulf towards the end of the Cold War from a different perspective. The withdrawal of Britain from the region created a power vacuum and this caused a regional leadership struggle between countries such as Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Facing historical problems between each other, the Iran-Iraq rivalry came into prominence with this struggle. The fray between the two countries also caused the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988. This study argues that the Iran-Iraq War is a result of the Persian Gulf struggle and examines the armament activities of the parties concerned, the support they received and to which extend this support played a role in the conduct of the war. In this respect, the Iran-Iraq War concluded as a war of attrition without winners, caused the two countries to become a matter of secondary importance in the regional competitionhttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/17946basra körfezii̇ran-irak savaşıbasra körfezi’nde silahlanmapersian gulfiran-iraq wararmament in the persian gulf |
| spellingShingle | Ferhat Pirinççi Power Struggle in the Gulf: A Re-evaluation of the IranIraq War Akademik İncelemeler Dergisi basra körfezi i̇ran-irak savaşı basra körfezi’nde silahlanma persian gulf iran-iraq war armament in the persian gulf |
| title | Power Struggle in the Gulf: A Re-evaluation of the IranIraq War |
| title_full | Power Struggle in the Gulf: A Re-evaluation of the IranIraq War |
| title_fullStr | Power Struggle in the Gulf: A Re-evaluation of the IranIraq War |
| title_full_unstemmed | Power Struggle in the Gulf: A Re-evaluation of the IranIraq War |
| title_short | Power Struggle in the Gulf: A Re-evaluation of the IranIraq War |
| title_sort | power struggle in the gulf a re evaluation of the iraniraq war |
| topic | basra körfezi i̇ran-irak savaşı basra körfezi’nde silahlanma persian gulf iran-iraq war armament in the persian gulf |
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