Reddit reviews The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
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Yes, it would be disastrous. However, that being said, no one really considered the implications of invading Iraq would have on the Middle East in 2002 into 2003.
The war would entail a lot of asymmetric fighting. Think the way the Iraq jWar went (with less sectarian violence given the lack of divide between Sunnis/Shiites in Iran) just with more people, more nationalism, and a state that's been practicing unconventional warfare for 30+ years.
It's closer to reality than what people think. Look at the rhetoric with those involved with anti-Iran deal. Furthermore, a lot of the talk prior to the invasion of Iraq involved fighting Iran instead. It would be extremely damaging to US-EU relations given that the Iran Deal is basically upheld by the EU at this point.
Here's a good book on US-Iranian relations
www.amazon.com/Twilight-War-Americas-Thirty-Year-Conflict/dp/014312367X
Currently: The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
After this I will probably read
The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
On War
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State
On Grand Strategy
A fellow on the combined defense discord layed out his recommendations for books on nukes, so I'll list them here.
On Thermonuclear War By Herman Kahn
On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century by Jeffrey Larsen and Kerry Kartchner
The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, Third Edition by Lawrence Freedman
Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces by Pavel Podvig
Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age by Francis J. Gavin
Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb by Feroz Khan
Prevention, Pre-emption and the Nuclear Option: From Bush to Obama by Aiden Warren
Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Cold War for a New Era of Strategic Piracy by Thérèse Delpech
Analyzing Strategic Nuclear Policy by Charles L. Glaser
Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict by Vipin Narang
Building the H Bomb: A Personal History By Kenneth W Ford
The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy by Matthew Kroenig
Paper Tigers: china's Nuclear Posture by Jeffery Lewis
Arms and Influence by Thomas Schelling
This sounds like old news. Read The Twilight War, written by the son of one of Reagan's top generals. Really, it's just a painting of how Reagan was a huge pussy and never punished Khomeini while he murdered hundreds of Americans. But there's our romance with Saddam in there, as well.
If I remember right, we gave him the map because Iran planted mines in the gulf and sunk a few US ships. Something like that. I'm not entirely sure.