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Persian Gulf Command

By: Ashley Jackson
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
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A new history of the long-overlooked WWII theater in Iran and Iraq, its unrecognized significance, and its impact on society and politics

This dynamic history is the first to construct a total picture of the experience and impact of World War II in Iran and Iraq. Contending that these two countries were more important to the Allied forces' war operations than has ever been acknowledged, historian Ashley Jackson investigates the grand strategy of the Allies and their operations in the region and the continuing legacy of Western intervention in the Middle East.

Iran and Iraq served as the first WWII theater in which the US, the UK, and the USSR fought alongside each other. Jackson charts the intense Allied military activity in Iran and Iraq and reveals how deeply the war impacted common people's lives. He also provides revelations about the true nature of Anglo-American relations in the region, the beginnings of the Cold War, and the continuing corrosive legacy of Western influence in these lands.

©2018 Ashley Jackson (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Europe Great Britain Middle East Military War Imperialism England Iran Soviet Union Royalty Africa Middle Ages Russia Theatre Self-Determination Cold War

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This book has an good subject matter, in that this is an campaign that has very little written about it, and this history covers it well. BUT the narrator's voice, he reads it in monotonous drone that every time I tried to listen, very nearly sent me to sleep!

Persian Gulf WW2

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British imperial bias and seem slightly outdated. Apart from that ok for those interested xx yy zz

decent overview

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