The Statecraft of Saddam Hussein in the Persian Gulf War, 1990-91

Abstract

This essay examines the statecraft of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the context of his invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and his subsequent confrontation by the U.S.-led coalition that culminated in the Desert Storm campaign the following year. The essay is divided into the following sections: Saddam's Assessment of Iraq's National Interests; Saddam's Assessment of Domestic and International Conditions: Threats vs. Opportunities; Saddam's Assessment of Iraq's Power and the Balance of Power; Saddam's Plan of Action, Tools of Policy, and Statecraft; Outcomes; and Lessons Learned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA441372

Entities

People

  • Stuart D. Goldman

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Weapons
  • Domestic
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Gulfs
  • Lessons Learned
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Security
  • Survival
  • Threats
  • United States
  • Universities
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies