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Title

Iraq-Kuwait War of 1990 : An experience

Description

The 1990-1991 Gulf War saw an international coalition of 26 states led by United States against an aggressor state, Iraq. This paper examines the circumstances leading to the war, the conduct of war and derive lessons from it. The lessons learnt are categorised under political, economic, social and military/operational dimensions. The 1990-1991 Gulf War demonstrated that aggression against a weak neighbour like Kuwait does not pay and there is the willingness of the international community to collectively use force to evict and punish the aggressor state. The Gulf War also demonstrated a typical textbook conventional warfare enhanced with technological superiority, high quality training and logistic support which provided success and victory to the coalition forces.

Creator

Lt Col Waleed Sultan Salmeen

Source

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Malaya
PL5065 1999 Sal

Date

1999

Contributor

kelly

Format

Project Paper

Identifier

A515624289