persian gulf war, 1991

Examines the economic and political issues facing Iraq today. It provides up-to-date information about the country’s geography and climate, history, government, society, important cities and communities, and relations with other countries.

Examines events surrounding the 1991 war between Iraq and a worldwide coalition of forces.

The author, now a colonel in the U.S. Army, describes his experiences in 1990 after traveling from his post in Saudi Arabia to Kuwait City for a weekend visit only to find himself in the middle of the Gulf War and a guest at the hotel that quickly became Iraqi military headquarters.

Provides eyewitness accounts from participants in the First Gulf War, 1990-91, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-10, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, 2001-10, drawn from a cross section of nationalities and services.

"U.S. and other coalition soldiers fighting in the Gulf War faced violence on the battlefield, extreme heat, and blinding sandstorms after they were sent to fight the Iraqis in 1991. Experience life on the front lines, in a time of shifting political power and advanced technology"--Provided by the publisher.

Examines the moment in American sports history when the Buffalo Bills and the New York Giants competed for the National Football League's world championship on January 27, 1991, against the backdrop of the looming Persian Gulf War.

Profiles American women who served in the armed forces during the Persian Gulf War, where more women were deployed to combat and in more capabilities than in any previous war.