Iraq and the War with Iran

Frederick W. Axelgard is the author of the monograph U.S.–Arab Relations: The Iraq Dimension (Washington, D.C.: National Council on U.S.–Arab Relations, 1985) and a contributing editor to Iraq in Transition (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1986). This paper grows out of several years of research on Iraq, including trips to the country in 1983, 1984 and 1985.