Persian Gulf Command

The total history of the Second World War in the Middle East is a highly significant subject, which, as Ashley Jackson points out in this book, has not yet been studied in detail. The purpose of his volume is to provide knowledge of, and insight into, the area, concentrating on Iran and Iraq. The author looks at the major challenges facing the British military in operating over a vast area and evaluates the strategies they adopted and the logistics of waging the war in the face of German penetration and the need to support the Russians. The strategic aspects of this task are discussed overall and in detail, with an emphasis on the significance of oil discovered in Iran in 1909 and Iraq in 1927, particularly given the fact that it was vital to the war effort especially as fuel for the navy. The author also argues that there was no grand strategy from the start but that the imperial defence systems deployed emerged ad hoc

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