Gulf War books

This monograph tells the story of more than 3,600 U.S. Marines who supported Operation Provide Comfort, an international...  Read More >>

"This anthology of articles follows in the tradition of an earlier publication of the History and Museums Division,...  Read More >>

The Defense Science Board Task Force on Unexploded Ordnance, UXO, met from September 2002 to May 2003. The Task...  Read More >>

Within the pages of this book you will see how cement structures, intended for barriers, are transformed into pictorial...  Read More >>

"Between 1972 and 1991, however, the Air Force dramatically changed its doctrines and began to overhaul the way...  Read More >>

Widely held views of military-press relations in the United States rest upon an incomplete image of the past. This...  Read More >>

This book examines the concept of battle command from a modem historical perspective. It analyzes the decision making...  Read More >>

Operations DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM were superb examples of the application of military power in support of national...  Read More >>

This is a documentary of the lives and successes of women who participated in Desert Shield, and Desert Storm. It...  Read More >>

At the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, Iraq was in significant debt. Saddam coveted Kuwait's vast oil revenues...  Read More >>

Early on the morning of January 17, 1991, the Persian Gulf War began. It consisted of massive allied air strikes...  Read More >>

The war in the Persian Gulf in 1991 capped an era of USAF modernization and enhanced readiness begun in the late...  Read More >>

In early August 1990, Iraq attacked Kuwait, its small neighbor to the south, with overwhelming forces. U.S. Army...  Read More >>

In many ways ""Desert Storm"" represents a watershed in history; for much of the war, it consisted entirely of the...  Read More >>

From 16 January through 28 February 1991, the United States and its allies conducted one of the most operationally...  Read More >>

This chronology outlines many of the principal events of clear, direct, and tangible relevance to the planning and...  Read More >>

This report discusses logistics in the Persian Gulf War as it applies to all military operations and in particular...  Read More >>

This report draws upon the wealth of information collected about the Gulf War to present a compilation of statistical...  Read More >>

The focus of air planners was to envision the use of air power in achieving coalition objectives and military strategy....  Read More >>

This report brings together analyses of three crucial determinants of an armed force's overall capability: * weapons-the...  Read More >>

American air power is a dominant force in today's world. Its ascendancy, evolving in the half century since the...  Read More >>

Jayhawk! The VII Corps in the Persian Gulf War is a highly readable account of the involvement of Lt. Gen. Frederick...  Read More >>

From the Fulda Gap to Kuwait describes how the United States Army, Europe, under the command of General Crosbie...  Read More >>

Since the implications of the US military presence in the Middle East are so central to the study of International...  Read More >>

Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, triggered a full-blown crisis whose ramifications reverberate...  Read More >>