The Gulf Conflict: 1990-1991: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order - Softcover

Freedman, Lawrence; Karsh, Efraim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571169716 ISBN 13: 9780571169719

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1994

Synopsis

This is a definitive chronicle of the Gulf War, stretching from the prelude to Saddam's invasion of Kuwait to his defeat by the US-led coalition and beyond. In their well-organised and dispassionate account of the war, the authors aim to answer the many questions that remain about the events of late 1990 and early 1991. Why did Saddam invade? Was a combination of sanctions and diplomacy a viable alternative to war? Was the air campaign really precise? And how was Saddam able to survive such a catastrophic defeat?

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Review:

Freedman and Karsh have done a heroic job of mining the immense amount of contemporary journalism on the Gulf War and assessing it with regard to the long-term historical issues and structures.--Michael R. Beschloss "Newsday "

The marshaling of so disparate a coalition, the assembling of so large an army half a world away, and the winning of a stunning if inconclusive victory are parts of a tale that until [now] has not been told in all its complexity. What [the authors] have succeeded in doing is to bring to the story a wide-angle lens and a historian's detachment.- It is unlikely that there will be a better balanced or more comprehensive chronicle of that seminal event.--H.D.S. Greenway "The New York Times Book Review "
The marshaling of so disparate a coalition, the assembling of so large an
army half a world away, and the winning of a stunning if inconclusive
victory are parts of a tale that until [now] has not been told in all its
complexity. What [the authors] have succeeded in doing is to bring to the
story a wide-angle lens and a historian's detachment.- It is unlikely that
there will be a better balanced or more comprehensive chronicle of that
seminal event.
--H.D.S. Greenway "The New York Times Book Review "
Freedman and Karsh have done a heroic job of mining the immense amount of
contemporary journalism on the Gulf War and assessing it with regard to the
long-term historical issues and structures.
--Michael R. Beschloss "Newsday "

"The marshaling of so disparate a coalition, the assembling of so large an army half a world away, and the winning of a stunning if inconclusive victory are parts of a tale that until [now] has not been told in all its complexity. What [the authors] have succeeded in doing is to bring to the story a wide-angle lens and a historian's detachment.- It is unlikely that there will be a better balanced or more comprehensive chronicle of that seminal event."--H.D.S. Greenway, The New York Times Book Review

"Freedman and Karsh have done a heroic job of mining the immense amount of contemporary journalism on the Gulf War and assessing it with regard to the long-term historical issues and structures."--Michael R. Beschloss, Newsday

-The marshaling of so disparate a coalition, the assembling of so large an army half a world away, and the winning of a stunning if inconclusive victory are parts of a tale that until [now] has not been told in all its complexity. What [the authors] have succeeded in doing is to bring to the story a wide-angle lens and a historian's detachment.- It is unlikely that there will be a better balanced or more comprehensive chronicle of that seminal event.---H.D.S. Greenway, The New York Times Book Review

-Freedman and Karsh have done a heroic job of mining the immense amount of contemporary journalism on the Gulf War and assessing it with regard to the long-term historical issues and structures.---Michael R. Beschloss, Newsday

From the Back Cover:

The Gulf Conflict provides the most authoritative and comprehensive account to date of Iraq's occupation of Kuwait, its expulsion by a coalition of Western and Arab forces seven months later, and the aftermath of the war. Blending compelling narrative history with objective analysis, Lawrence Freedman and Efraim Karsh inquire in to the fundamental issues underlying the dispute and probe the strategic calculations of all the participants.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0571169716
• ISBN 13: 9780571169719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576