| Description |
xxxv, 504 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Dramatis personae -- Introduction: The new world order -- Part 1: Origins of the crisis. New world, new Middle East? -- Saddam's crisis -- Iraq confronts Kuwait -- Part 2: Lines in the sand. Response to invasion -- Desert Shield -- Middle East alignments -- Sharing the burden -- Part 3: Sanctions, hostages and diplomacy. Saddam's unwilling guests -- From embargo to blockade -- Poor communications -- Enter linkage -- Oil weapon -- Food weapon -- Part 4: All necessary means. Offensive option -- Great debate -- Two miles forward, one mile back -- Making a date -- Showdown in Geneva -- Deadline diplomacy -- Saddam prepares for war -- America prepares for war -- Part 5: War. War by appointment -- Strategic air campaign -- Saddam's 'Israeli card' fails -- Coalition holds -- Preparing the battlefield -- Land war or cease-fire? -- Land war -- closing whistle -- Saddam survives. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-495) and index. |
| Local Note |
May 1993 $29.95 [23.96] |
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May 1993 $29.95 [23.96] |
| Subject |
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
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| Added Author |
Karsh, Efraim.
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| ISBN |
0691086273 acidfree paper $24.95 |
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