A Bibliography of the Iran-Iraq Borderland

A Bibliography of the Iran-Iraq Borderland

Keith McLachlan
Richard N. Schofield

Middle East & North African Studies Press

The Iran-Iraq war that broke out in September 1980 served as a reminder that the long-standing conflict on Iran’s western frontier remains a potent source of friction. This volume offers an extensive working bibliography not simply of the border war, but of the many aspects of history, topography & ethnology of the two states. A thorough-going compilation of materials that deals with the borderland regions of both Iran & Iraq has been undertaken with a view to widening knowledge of the many varied sources on this bitterly contested region which lies in the heart of the Middle East oil producing area.

Keith Mclachlan is Senior Lecturer in Geography with reference to the Middle East at the School of Oriental & African Studies (University of London). He has been involved in field research in Iran for many years.
Richard Schofield is currently a Senior Research Assistant in Geography at the University of Durham and is the author of Evolution of the Shatt Al-’Arab Boundary Dispute and co author, with Dr. Gerald Blake, of Boundaries & State Territory in the Middle East & North Africa, both published by Menas Press.