The iran iraq war is one of the largest yet least documented conflicts in the history of the middle east drawing from an extensive cache of captured iraqi government records this book is the first comprehensive military and strategic account of the war through the lens of the iraqi regime and its senior military commanders it explores the rationale and decision making processes that drove the iraqis as they grappled with challenges that at times threatened their existence beginning . The iran iraq war is one of the largest yet least documented conflicts in the history of the middle east drawing from an extensive cache of captured iraqi government records this book is the. The iran iraq war is one of the largest yet least documented conflicts in the history of the middle east drawing from an extensive cache of captured iraqi government records this book is the first comprehensive military and strategic account of the war through the lens of the iraqi regime and its senior military commanders. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more