The 100-Hour War with Iraq: Could It have Been Longer? A Clausewitzian Analysis of the Culminating Point of Victory

Abstract

The question of whether or not the Gulf War with Iraq could have been significantly prolonged to topple Saddam Hussein and/or destroy his war-making capability without exceeding the culminating point of victory is addressed utilizing Carl Von Clausewitz's writings in On War as a framework for analysis. Factors that affect the relative combat strength of two warring factions other than firepower (i.e., political alignments, logistics and will), are analyzed in order to provide future operational commanders insight into those factors that also affect the relative strength between his and the enemy's forces. The analysis deals strictly with determining if or when the culminating point of victory would have been exceeded given the new and greater political objectives. It does not attempt to determine whether or not the political objectives should have been changed.... War with Iraq: Clauseqitzian analysis of culminating point of victory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266598

Entities

People

  • Daniel S. Zazworsky

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Logistics
  • Military Training
  • Naval Warfare
  • New York
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • Students
  • Supply Depots
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.