Tanker Wars: Assault on Merchant Shipping During the Iran-Iraq Crisis, 1980-88

by E.R. Hooton and Martin S. Navias

During the Iran-Iraq war, hundreds of merchant vessels were attacked, more than 400 seamen killed and millions of dollars' worth of damages were suffered by owners, charterers and insurers. In the most sustained assault on merchant shipping since the Second World War, the control of shipping routes, destruction of enemy and enemy-allied ships, and the protection of oil exports, were key objectives. These campaigns touched the economic and security...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186064032X
• ISBN13: 9781860640322
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.5"