Table of Contents

Analyzing the Lessons of the Conflict; Desert Shield: The Historical Framework; The Forces EngagedOpposing Military Cultures and the Human Element; Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Battle Management; Intelligence and Net Assessment; Desert Storm: Shaping Coalition Air Power and the Air Campaign and Fighting the War for Air Supremacy; Offensive Air Power, Strategic Bombing, and Preparation for the Ground Offensive; The AirLand Battle; Land Warfare: Preparation, Combat, and Power Projection; Naval and Amphibious Forces; Missile Systems and Proliferation; Strategic Lessons of the Conflict

About the Author

Anthony H. Cordesman is currently a senior fellow and codirector of the Middle East Program, and director of the Middle East Program at CSIS, a military analyst for ABC News and adjunct professor of national security studies at Georgetown University. He has served in senior positions in the office of the secretary of defense, NATO, and the U.S. Senate. Abraham R. Wagner is an independent defense consultant in the area of national security problems working with Science Applications International, Inc., as well as several federal agencies. He has written extensively on Third World military technologies and appeared on ABC News, the BBC, National Public Radio, and CBN to provide expert analysis of the Persian Gulf War. Anthony H. Cordesman is currently a senior fellow and codirector of the Middle East Program, and director of the Middle East Program at CSIS, a military analyst for ABC News and adjunct professor of national security studies at Georgetown University. He has served in senior positions in the office of the secretary of defense, NATO, and the U.S. Senate. Abraham R. Wagner is an independent defense consultant in the area of national security problems working with Science Applications International, Inc., as well as several federal agencies. He has written extensively on Third World military technologies and appeared on ABC News, the BBC, National Public Radio, and CBN to provide expert analysis of the Persian Gulf War.