Not Just Desert Storm and the Yom Kippur War: Why the Iran-Iraq War Should Inform US Military Thinking about Large-Scale Combat Operations
Across an eight-year war and a thousand-mile front, Iran and Iraq mobilized hundreds of thousands...
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Harrison Morgan | 10.09.25 | Commentary & Analysis
Across an eight-year war and a thousand-mile front, Iran and Iraq mobilized hundreds of thousands...
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