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Article: The Social Origins of the Iran-Iraq War
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- July 31, 1995
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Mohammed M. Aman
Domes
07-31-1995
The Social Origins of the Iran-Iraq War.
Boulder, CO: Lynn Rienner, 1994. 179 pages. $35 (ISBN: 1-55587-460-6).
Workman's book is a revised version of his doctoral thesis, submitted to the Department of Political Science at York University in 1991. In it, he explores the origins of the Iran-Iraq War in terms of the sweeping socioeconomic transformations in Iraq and Iran as they were drawn into the global economy. He divides his book in two parts. Part 1, "The Social Origins of the War," covers "Social Transformation and Revolution in Iran," "The Tenuous Social Base of the Ba'th Regime in Iraq," and "The Drift to War. Part 2, "The Social Foundations of the ...