Table of Contents

Introduction Iraq's Strategic Culture The High Command of the Iraqi Armed Forces Trends in Iraq's Force Strength, Military Expenditures, Arms Imports, and Military Industries The Threat from Iraq's Land Forces The Threat from Iraqi Air and Air Defense Forces The Threat from Iraqi Naval Forces Unconventional Warfare and Terrorism Conventional Forces and the Outcome of the War Sanctions Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction and the War of Sanctions The Scale of Iraq's Programs and Competing Iranian and Israeli Efforts Iraq's Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction Iraq's Artillery Delivery Systems Iraq's Air Delivery Systems Iraq's Missile Capabilities Iraqi Terrorism, Unconventional Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Iraq's Past and Future Chemical Weapons Capabilities Iraq's Past and Future Biological Weapons Capabilities Iraq's Past and Future Nuclear Capaibility The Policy Implications of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Iraq's Military Future Sources and Methods

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An in-depth examination of Iraq's domestic politics, foreign policy goals, and future military capabilities.

About the Author

ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN is Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a military analyst for ABC News. A frequent commentator on National Public Radio, he is the author of numerous books on security issues and has served in a number of senior positions in the US government.

Reviews

?Cordesman's documentation is thorough....analysis of the IRGC and of Iran's problems in integrating the regular army and IRGC are excellent.?-Int.Journal Middle East Study

?Relying on myriad Western sources, Cordesman dissects Iraq's conventional force structure, its missile capabilities, and its past and future chenical, biological, and nuclear weapons capabilities....this is a very useful source for Persian Gulf regional as well as those interested in issues of weapons proliferation in today's world.?-Social and Behavioral Sciences

?The disturbing lesson of Anthony Coredsman's Iraq and the War of Sanctions, an authoritative study of American bombing of Iraq's chemical and biological and nuclear installations after 1991, is that using high-tech weaponry merely slows down, but cannot halt, a determined attempt by a rogue nation to create deadly arsenals.?-New York Review of Books

?The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, And Military Lessons is an extensive study of the second war against Saddam Hussein's regime. Expert military analyst Anthony Cordesman knowlagably dissects the course of the war as well as the interaction of joint forces day by day. Hethen draws lessons from the forces, naval forces, including intellegence concerning weapons of mass destruction. A thorough, information-laden presentation, The Iraq War is a very highly recommended and timely addition to Military History reference collections and reading lists.?-Internet Bookwatch

"Cordesman's documentation is thorough....analysis of the IRGC and of Iran's problems in integrating the regular army and IRGC are excellent."-Int.Journal Middle East Study

"Relying on myriad Western sources, Cordesman dissects Iraq's conventional force structure, its missile capabilities, and its past and future chenical, biological, and nuclear weapons capabilities....this is a very useful source for Persian Gulf regional as well as those interested in issues of weapons proliferation in today's world."-Social and Behavioral Sciences

"The disturbing lesson of Anthony Coredsman's Iraq and the War of Sanctions, an authoritative study of American bombing of Iraq's chemical and biological and nuclear installations after 1991, is that using high-tech weaponry merely slows down, but cannot halt, a determined attempt by a rogue nation to create deadly arsenals."-New York Review of Books

"The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, And Military Lessons is an extensive study of the second war against Saddam Hussein's regime. Expert military analyst Anthony Cordesman knowlagably dissects the course of the war as well as the interaction of joint forces day by day. Hethen draws lessons from the forces, naval forces, including intellegence concerning weapons of mass destruction. A thorough, information-laden presentation, The Iraq War is a very highly recommended and timely addition to Military History reference collections and reading lists."-Internet Bookwatch