Kategoria BISAC: History >> Wars & Conflicts - Persian Gulf War (1991)

During the final years of the 20th century, the most significant break-through in military weaponry was the concept of Stealth technology, and the first mass-produced weapon to utilize this to perfection was the F-117 Nighthawk.

Despite the fact that it was first delivered in 1982, the US Air Force officially denied its existence until 1988. Nevertheless, the operational status of the aircraft still remained a well-guarded secret with nighttime only operations from the Tonopah facility in Nevada.
However, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, thus beginning the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991),...

The book focuses on policy-making at the highest levels of the United States government. Chapter contributors examine political, military, and foreign policy processes from micro and macro perspectives in documenting how President Bush personally dominated U.S. national security policy and was the driving force behind the United Nations-backed coalition of nations against Saddam Hussein. The authors place the president's actions into political and historical perspective and examine the consequences of the Gulf War in both military and diplomatic terms. Among the subjects discussed by...

This book provides the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the Iraqi military from the British mandate era to post-Baathist Iraq.

Ethnic and sectarian turmoil is endemic to Iraq, and its armed forces have been intertwined with its political affairs since their creation. This study illustrates how the relationship between the military and the political centre in Iraq has evolved, with the military bringing about three regime changes in Iraq's history before being brought under control by Saddam Hussein, up until the 2003 war. The instability that followed was...

Am 21. Marz 1933 inszenierten die Nationalsozialisten mit dem "Tag von Potsdam" publikumswirksam den Schulterschluss der neuen Machthaber mit den alten, wilhelminischen Eliten aus Adel, Burgertum, Kirche und Militar. 80 Jahre nach dem Umbruchsjahr 1933 werden im vorliegenden Band die historischen Kontexte des "Tages von Potsdam]" als einer entscheidenden Wegmarke bei der Errichtung der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur noch einmal naher betrachtet. In neun Beitragen von renommierten Wissenschaftlern wird zunachst der Verlauf des "Tages von Potsdam" rekonstruiert, seine Bedeutung in der...