Full Description
The Iran-Iraq War were one of the longest and most devastating uninterrupted wars amongst modern nation states. It produced neither victor nor vanquished and left the regimes in both countries basically intact. However, it is clear that the domestic, regional and international repercussions of the war mean that 'going back' is not an option. Iraq owes too much to regain the lead it formerly held in economic performance and development levels. What then does reconstruction mean?
In this book, Kamran Mofid counteracts the scant analysis to date of the economic consequences of the Gulf War by analysing its impact on both economies in terms of oil production, exports, foreign exchange earnings, non-defence foreign trade and agricultural performance. In the final section, Mofid brings together the component parts of the economic cost of the war to assign a dollar value to the devastation.
Contents
Foreword by Anoushiravan Ehtehami 1. Introduction 2. Iran and Iraq at war: the analysis of the economic circumstances 4. Militarisation of Iran, 1973-8: and economic analysis 5. The poltical economy of military expenditure in Iran, 1979-85 6. Militarisation of Iraq, 1973-8, an economic analysis 7. The political economy of military expenditure in Iraq, 1979-85 8. The Iran-Iraq war and the arms trade 9. The impact of the war on the military expenditure and arms imports of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait 10. The Economic cost of the war: the assignment of a dollar value, September 1980-August 1988 11. Conclusions Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
