Into the Desert

Zusatztext The Gulf War was a defining moment for our country. A full generation later, these scholars and participants to that history recall that tumultuous period in vivid detail. For those who recall that past, and those who care about America's future role in the Middle East, Into the Desert is a must-read. Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey A. Engel is the Kruse '52 Founders Professor at Texas A & M University and the editor of The Fall of the Berlin Wall. Klappentext In Into the Desert, Jeffrey Engel has gathered an all-star cast of contributors to write about and reflect on the first Gulf War. Considering the Gulf War's broader historical ramifications, Engel and his contributors focus of four central themes: the war's origins, the war itself, and its immediate and long-term aftermaths in both international relations and the Middle East region. Set to publish around the twentieth anniversary of the war, Into theDesert is an authoritative overview of one of the most momentous world historical events in the last quarter century. Zusammenfassung In the decade following the first Gulf War, most observers regarded it as an exemplary effort by the international community to lawfully and forcefully hold a regional aggressor in check. Interpretations have changed with the times. The Gulf War led to the stationing of US troops in Saudi Arabia, an important contributing cause of the 9/11 attacks. The war also led to a long obsession with Saddam Hussein that culminated in a second, far longer, American-led war with Iraq. In Into the Desert, Jeffrey Engel has gathered an all-star cast of contributors to reevaluate the first Gulf War: Michael Gordon of the New York Times; Sir Lawrence Freedman, former foreign policy advisor to Tony Blair; Ambassador Ryan Crocker; Middle East specialist Shibley Telhami; and Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations. Engel and his contributors examine the war's origins, the war itself, and its long-term impact on international relations. All told, Into the Desert offers an astute reassessment of one of the most momentous events in the last quarter century....

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Engel
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Engel (Editor), Engel Jeffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2012
• EAN: 9780199796281
• ISBN: 978-0-19-979628-1
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Kuwait, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, 21st Century, Middle East, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political science & theory, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Iraq, Political science and theory, Modern warfare, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Gulf War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General