How Kuwait Was Won: Strategy in the Gulf War
@article{Freedman2019HowKW, title={How Kuwait Was Won: Strategy in the Gulf War}, author={Lawrence Freedman and Efraim Karsh}, journal={International Security}, year={2019}, volume={16}, pages={41 - 5} }
T h e dust has yet to settle after the 1991 Gulf War and it may not settle for some time. After the grand finale of the 100-hour land campaign came the confusion of the Shi'ite and Kurdish insurrection and the torrent of refugees into Turkey and Iran. The accumulation of human suffering, material decline, and environmental damage did not stop with the fighting. Nor were the political futures of either Iraq or Kuwait settled, nor the responsibilities of the victorious powers for the peace and…
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