Persian Gulf War Encyclopedia: A Political, Social, and Military History
Persian Gulf War Encyclopedia: A Political, Social, and Military History
Editor: Tucker, Spencer C.
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
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ISBN: 978-1-61-069415-5
Category: History - United States -- History
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Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This encyclopedia provides a rich historical account of the Persian Gulf War, examining the conflict from a holistic perspective that addresses the details of the military operations as well as the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of the war.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Overview of the Persian Gulf War
- A–Z Entries
- A
- A-10 Thunderbolt II
- Abrams Main Battle Tanks
- AGM-65 Maverick Missile
- AGM-88 High Speed Antiradiation Missile
- AGM-114A Hellfire Missile
- AH-1W SuperCobra Attack Helicopter
- AH-64A Apache Helicopter
- Ahmad al-Jabburi al-Tai, Hashim (1944–)
- AIM-7 Sparrow Missile
- AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile
- AIM-54 Phoenix Missile
- Airborne Warning and Control System
- Aircraft Carriers, Coalition
- Aircraft Carriers, U.S.
- AirLand Battle Doctrine
- Amariyah Bunker or Shelter Bombing (February 13, 1991)
- Amphibious Assault Ships, U.S.
- Amphibious Command Ships, U.S.
- Amphibious Transport Docks, U.S.
- Antiaircraft Artillery
- Antiaircraft Missiles, Iraqi
- Antiradiation Missiles, U.S. and Coalition
- Antitank Weapons
- Antiwar Movements, Persian Gulf War
- Apache Helicopter
- Arab League
- Armored Warfare, Doctrine and Practice
- Arthur, Stanley (1935–)
- Artillery
- Artillery, Antiaircraft
- artimon, Operation
- Assad, Hafez al- (1930–2000)
- Australia
- AV-8B Harrier II
- Aziz, Tariq (1936–)
- Aziz-Baker Meeting
- B
- B-52 Stratofortress
- Baath Party
- Bahrain
- Baker, James Addison, III (1930–)
- Baker-Aziz Meeting (January 9, 1991)
- Bakr, Ahmad Hassan al- (1914–1982)
- Bandar bin Sultan, Prince (1949–)
- Battleships, U.S.
- Bazoft, Farzad (1958–1990)
- Bell AH-1 Cobra and AH-1W SuperCobra Attack Helicopters
- Billière, Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la
- Biological Weapons Program, Iraqi
- Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B Light Bomber
- BLU-82/B “Daisy Cutter” Bomb
- Blue-on-Blue Incidents
- BMP-1 and BMP-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicles
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Boeing E-3 Sentry
- Bombs, Precision-Guided
- Bombs, Unguided
- Boomer, Walter (1938–)
- Bradley Infantry Fighting and Cavalry Fighting Vehicles
- Britain
- British Army
- BTR-50 and BTR-60 Armored Personnel Carriers
- Būbiyān Island, Battle of (January 29–30, 1991)
- Burqan, Battle of (February 25, 1991)
- Busayyah, Battle of (February 26, 1991)
- Bush, George Herbert Walker (1924–)
- C
- C-5A/B Galaxy
- C-130 Hercules
- C-141 Starlifter
- Canada
- Casualties, Operation desert storm
- Cease-Fire Agreement, First (March 3, 1991)
- Cease-Fire Agreement, Second (April 6, 1991)
- Challenger I Main Battle Tank
- Chemical Ali
- Chemical Weapons and Warfare
- Cheney, Richard Bruce (1941–)
- Cluster Bombs
- Coalition Air Forces
- Coalition Ground Forces
- Coalition Nations
- Coalition Naval Forces
- Combined-Effects Munitions
- Cornum, Rhonda (1954–)
- Cruise Missiles, U.S.
- Cruisers, U.S.
- Czechoslovakia
- D
- daguet, Operation
- “Daisy Cutter” Bomb
- Dassault Mirage 2000
- Dassault Mirage F1EQ
- de la Billière, Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour (1934–)
- Dellums et al. v. Bush
- Denmark
- Department of Defense Reform Act of 1986
- desert shield, Operation (August 7, 1990–January 16, 1991)
- desert storm, Operation, Air Campaign (January 17, 1991–February 28, 1991)
- desert storm, Operation, Ground Campaign (February 24–28, 1991)
- desert storm, Operation, Naval Campaign (January 17–February 28, 1991)
- desert storm, Operation, Planning for
- Destroyers, Coalition
- Destroyers, U.S.
- Destroyer Tenders, U.S.
- Dhahran, Scud Missile Attack on (February 25, 1991)
- Dock Landing Ships, U.S. and Coalition
- Downing, Wayne Allan (1940–2007)
- Dumb Bombs
- E
- E-3 Sentry
- EA-6A Intruder and EA-6B Prowler
- Eberly, David William (1947–)
- Egypt
- Environmental Effects of the Persian Gulf War
- Europe and the Persian Gulf War
- Exocet Antiship Missile
- F
- F-4G Wild Weasel
- F-14 Tomcat
- F-15 Eagle
- F-16 Fighting Falcon
- F-111 Aardvark
- F-117 Nighthawk
- F/A-18 Hornet
- Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia (1922–2005)
- Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II
- Fast Combat Support Ships
- Faylaka Island Raid
- Field Army Ballistic Missile Defense System
- Flogger Fighter
- Fox M93 NBC Vehicle
- France
- Franks, Frederick Melvin, Jr. (1936–)
- Friendly Fire
- Frigates, Coalition
- Frigates, U.S.
- Fuchs M93 NBC Vehicle
- Fulcrum Fighter
- G
- GBU-10 Paveway II Laser-Guided Bomb
- GBU-28 Bunker-Buster Bomb
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
- General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
- Glaspie, April (1942–)
- Global Positioning System
- Glosson, Buster C. (1942–)
- Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich (1931–)
- granby, Operation (August 9, 1990–March 1991)
- Gray, Alfred M., Jr. (1928–)
- Great Britain
- Greece
- Grumman A-6 Intruder, EA-6A Intruder, and EA-6B Prowler
- Grumman F-14 Tomcat
- Gulf Act of 1991
- Gulf Cooperation Council
- Gulf War Syndrome
- H
- Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck
- High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
- Honduras
- Horner, Charles (1936–)
- Hospital Ships
- Howell, Wilson Nathaniel (1939–)
- Hughes AH-64A Apache Helicopter
- Human Shields
- Hungary
- Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, Saddam (1937–2006)
- Hussein ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1935–1999)
- I
- imminent thunder, Operation (November 15–21, 1990)
- instant thunder, Plan (August 1990)
- International Emergency Economic Powers Act
- Iran
- Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988)
- Iraq
- Iraqi Air Defense System
- Iraqi Air Force
- Iraqi Army
- Iraqi Claims on Kuwait
- Iraqi Navy
- Iraq-Kuwait Diplomacy
- Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990
- Israel
- Italy
- ivory justice, Operation (July 24–August 1990)
- J
- Jaguar Aircraft
- Japan
- Jordan
- K
- KA-6D Tanker
- Kari Air Defense System
- Khafji, Battle of (January 29–February 1, 1991)
- Khalid ibn Sultan ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud, Prince (1949–)
- Korea, Republic of
- Kurds
- Kuwait
- Kuwait, Armed Forces
- Kuwait, Iraqi Claims on
- Kuwait, Iraqi Invasion and Conquest of (August 2–4, 1990)
- Kuwait, Iraqi Occupation of (August 2, 1990–February 27, 1991)
- Kuwait, Liberation of (February 27, 1991)
- Kuwait, Provisional Free Government of
- Kuwait-Iraq Diplomacy (July– August 1990)
- L
- Landing Craft Air Cushion Craft
- Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
- LCC Amphibious Command Ships, U.S.
- League of Arab States
- LHA Amphibious Assault Ships, U.S.
- Lockheed C-5A/B Galaxy
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
- Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
- Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady
- Logistics
- Coalition
- Iraq
- LPD Amphibious Transport Docks, U.S.
- LPH Amphibious Assault Ships, U.S.
- Luck, Gary Edward (1937–)
- M
- M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks
- M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle and M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
- M60 Patton Main Battle Tank
- M61 Vulcan 20mm Auto Cannon
- M93 NBC Vehicle
- M109 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer
- M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
- M117 General-Purpose Bomb
- M198 155mm Towed Howitzer
- M270 Multiple-Launch Rocket System
- M551 Sheridan Light Tank/Reconnaissance Vehicle
- M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
- Mahmoud, Salah Aboud (c. 1950–)
- Majid al Tikriti, Ali Hassan al- (1941–2010)
- Major, Sir John Roy (1943–)
- Maritime Interception Operations
- Marsh Arabs
- Marshes
- Mauz, Henry H., Jr. (1936–)
- McCaffrey, Barry Richard (1942–)
- McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
- McDonnell Douglas/Boeing AH-64A Apache Helicopter
- McDonnell Douglas F-4G Wild Weasel and RF-4C Phantom II
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
- Meals, Ready to Eat
- Media
- Medina Ridge, Battle of (February 27, 1991)
- Mi-24 Hind Helicopter
- MiG-21 Fishbed Fighter
- MiG-23 Fighter
- MiG-29 Fighter
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed Fighter
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Fighter
- Mikoyan MiG-29 Fighter
- Military Sealift Command
- Mil Mi-24 Hind Helicopter
- MIM-104 Patriot
- Minehunters
- Mines, Sea and Naval Mine Warfare
- Mines and Mine Warfare, Land
- Minesweepers and Minehunters
- Mirage 2000
- Mirage F1EQ
- Missiles, Antiaircraft, Iraqi
- Missiles, Antiradiation, U.S. and Coalition
- Missiles, Iraqi
- Mitterrand, François (1916–1996)
- Mk 80 General-Purpose Bomb Series
- Mk 117 Bomb
- “Mother of All Battles”
- Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni Said (1928–)
- Mutla Ridge
- N
- Napalm
- National Media Pool
- Naval Interdiction Campaign
- Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System
- New Zealand
- Night-Vision Imaging Systems
- Norfolk, Battle of (February 26–27, 1991)
- Norway
- O
- Oil Well Fires
- Oman
- Özal, Turgut (1927–1993)
- P
- Pagonis, William Gus (1942–)
- Panavia Tornado Fighter and Light Bomber
- Patton Main Battle Tank
- Paveway II Laser-Guided Bomb
- Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier (1920–)
- Persian Gulf
- Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991
- Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Registry
- Phalanx Close-In Weapon System
- Phase Line Bullet, Battle of (February 26, 1991)
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Powell, Colin Luther (1937–)
- Prepositioning Program, Military Sealift Command
- Primakov, Yevgeni Maksimovich (1929–)
- Provisional Free Government of Kuwait
- Q
- Qasim, Abd al-Karim (1914–1963)
- Qatar
- R
- Reconnaissance Satellites
- Repair Ships, U.S.
- Republican Guard
- Revolutionary Command Council
- RF-4C Phantom II
- Royal Air Force
- Royal Navy
- Rumaila Oil Field
- S
- Sabah, Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al- (1926–2006)
- Sabkhas
- Saddam Line
- Samitah Incident (December 1972–April 1973)
- San Remo Conference (April 19–26, 1920)
- Satellites, Use of by Coalition Forces
- Saudi Arabia
- Sazonov-Paléologue Agreement
- scathe mean, Operation (January 17, 1991)
- Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr. (1934–2012)
- scorpion, Operation
- Scowcroft, Brent (1925–)
- Scud Short-Range Ballistic Missile System
- Sealift Ships
- SEAL Teams
- SEPECAT Jaguar Aircraft
- 73 Easting, Battle of (February 26, 1991)
- Sèvres, Treaty of
- Shamir, Yitzhak (1915–2012)
- Shatt al-Arab Waterway
- Sheridan Light Tank/Reconnaissance Vehicle
- Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile
- Singapore
- Smart Bombs
- South Korea
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Sparrow Air-to-Air Missile
- Special Air Service, British
- Special Boat Service, British
- SS-1 Scud Short-Range Ballistic Missile System
- Strategic Support and Supply Ships
- Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 Fitter
- Submarines
- Sukhoi Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 Fitter
- Support and Supply Ships, Strategic
- Surface-to-Air Missiles
- Sykes-Picot Agreement
- Syria
- T
- T-54 Main Battle Tank
- T-55 Main Battle Tank
- T-62 Main Battle Tank
- T-72 Main Battle Tank
- Tactical Air-Launched Decoys
- Taji Bunkers, Attacks on (January 17–February 27, 1991)
- Tank Landing Ships, U.S.
- task force normandy, Operation (January 17, 1991)
- Task Group 323.2
- tiger, Operation (December 1990)
- Tornado Fighter and Light Bomber
- Turkey
- Tuwaitha Nuclear Facility
- U
- U-2 Dragon Lady
- Unarmored Vehicles
- Underway Replenishment Ships
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom, Air Force
- United Kingdom, Army
- United Kingdom, Navy
- United Nations Charter, Articles 41 and 42
- United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Commission
- United Nations Sanctions on Iraq
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 660
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 661
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 687
- United States Air Force
- United States Army
- United States Army Reserve
- United States Central Command
- United States Coast Guard
- United States Congress
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Marine Corps Reserve
- United States Middle East Policy
- United States National Guard
- United States Naval Reserve
- United States Navy
- United States Navy SEAL Teams
- United States Special Forces
- United States Transportation Command
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- V
- Vehicles, Unarmored
- Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1994
- Veterans Health Care Act of 1992
- Vietnam War Syndrome
- Vulcan 20mm Auto Cannon
- W
- Wadi al-Batin, Battle of (February 26, 1991)
- Waller, Calvin Augustine Hoffman (1936–1996)
- Warden, John Ashley, III (1943–)
- War Powers Act
- Warthog
- Women in the U.S. Military, Role in the Persian Gulf War
- Y
- Yeosock, John J. (1937–2012)
- Yuhanna, Michael
- Documents
- 1. President George H. W. Bush, Announcement of the Deployment of U.S. Armed Forces to Saudi Arabia for Operation desert shield, August 8, 1990 [Excerpt]
- 2. United Nations Resolutions on the Persian Gulf Crisis, Nos. 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, 670, 674, 677, 678, August–November 1990
- 3. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, “The Mother of All Battles” Speech, January 20, 1991
- 4. President George H. W. Bush, Address to the Nation on the Suspension of Allied Offensive Combat Operations in the Persian Gulf, February 27, 1991
- 5. Iraqi Letters of Capitulation to the United Nations, February 27, 1991
- 6. Cease-Fire Order to Iraqi Troops, February 28, 1991
- 7. Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General and Security Council President, March 3, 1991
- Glossary
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- Contributor List
- Categorical Index