Lessons learned : civil military relations during the Iran-Iraq War and its influence on the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War / Ibrahim Al-Marashi -- Saddam and the Iran-Iraq War : rule from the top / Williamson Murray and Kevin Woods -- Mustazafin and Taghutti : Iran and the war, 1980-1988 / Rob Johnson -- The true role of oil in the outcome of the Iran-Iraq War : some important lessons in historical context / Farzin Nadimi -- The finances of war : Iraq, credit and conflict, September 1980-August 1990 / Glen Rangwala -- The Gulf States and the Iran-Iraq War : cooperation and confusion / Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen -- The ostensible "silent victor" : the long-term impact of the Iran-Iraq War on Turkey's regional position and neighborly relations / Elliot Hen-Tov -- Reappraising the Carter administration's response / Chris Emery -- Changing American perspectives on the Iraq-Iran War / Judith Yaphe -- Critical oral history : a new approach to examining the United States' role in the war / Malcolm Byrne -- France's discrete involvement in the Iran-Iraq War / Pierre Razoux -- The Soviet Union and the Iran-Iraq War / Artemy Kalinovsky.