Events in this story of the -Mother of All Battles, - as Saddam designated the 1991 war, are drawn from primary Iraqi sources, including government documents, video and audiotapes, maps, and photographs captured by U.S. forces in 2003 from the regime's archives and never intended for outsiders' eyes. The book is part of an official U.S. Joint Forces Command research project to examine contemporary warfare from the point of view of the adversary's archives and senior leader interviews. Its purpose is to stimulate thoughtful analyses of currently accepted lessons of the first Gulf War. While...
Events in this story of the -Mother of All Battles, - as Saddam designated the 1991 war, are drawn from primary Iraqi sources, including government do...
During the 2003 war that ended Saddam Hussein s regime, coalition forces captured thousands of hours of secret recordings of meetings, phone calls, and conferences. Originally prepared by the Institute for Defense Analyses for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, this study presents annotated transcripts of Iraqi audio recordings of meetings between Saddam Hussein and his inner circle. The Saddam Tapes, along with the much larger digital collection of captured records at the National Defense University s Conflict Records Research Center, will provide researchers with...
During the 2003 war that ended Saddam Hussein s regime, coalition forces captured thousands of hours of secret recordings of meetings, phone calls, an...
