Gulf Conflict 1990-1991 - by Lawrence Freedman & Efraim Karsh (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

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 into the fundamental issues underlying the dispute and probe the strategic calculations of all the participants.

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.

Review Quotes

"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

About the Author

Lawrence Freedman is Professor of War Studies at King's College, London. Efraim Karsh, Director of the Mediterranean Studies Program at King's College, is a well-known writer on Middle Eastern and Soviet affairs and a leading authority on the Iran-Iraq War.