Saddam vs. the Ayatollah: The Geopolitics of the Iran-Iraq War
History books often distill the brutal Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) into a binary clash of larger-than-life figures: Saddam Hussein versus Ayatollah Khomeini. Mainstream Western media frequently frames the conflict purely around religious friction or the explosive rhetoric of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. However, a compelling new…
