The Mother of All Battles: Saddam Hussein's Strategic Plan for the Persian Gulf War,9781591149422

The Mother of All Battles: Saddam Hussein's Strategic Plan for the Persian Gulf War

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ISBN13: 9781591149422
ISBN10: 1591149428
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-08-01
Publisher(s): Naval Inst Pr
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Summary

Events in this story of the "Mother of All Battles," as Saddam Hussein designated the Persian Gulf War, are drawn from primary Iraqi sources including government documents, video, audiotapes, maps, and photographs captured by U.S. forces in 2003 from the regime's archives and never intended for outsiders' eyes. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Kevin M. Woods is an analyst with the Institute for Defense Analyses

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tablesp. ix
Forewordp. xi
Prefacep. xiii
A Note on Sourcesp. xv
Notesp. xvii
Introductionp. xix
Purposes of This Studyp. xxi
Notesp. xxiv
An Overview of the GulfWar from the U.S. Perspectivep. 1
The Diplomatic Backgroundp. 1
The Air Warp. 3
The Ground Warp. 5
Notesp. 11
The "Victory" at al-Khafjip. 14
Notesp. 27
The Beginning: Saddam's Narrativep. 31
A Long Viewp. 31
The Iran-Iraq War as Precursorp. 36
The Coming War of the Elephantp. 40
Notesp. 43
Saddam's Strategic Calculationsp. 47
Kuwaitp. 47
Notesp. 57
Restoring the Branch to the Treep. 60
Planning an Invasionp. 60
Yum al-Nida (Day of the Great Call)-The Invasionp. 73
The Republican Guard's Blitzkriegp. 81
Notesp. 88
Occupation and Consolidationp. 93
A New Historical Juncturep. 93
Extending Ba'ath Controlp. 96
Reaction and Iraqi Counteractionp. 103
The Americansp. 114
Notesp. 118
The Iraqi Plan for the Defense of Kuwaitp. 124
Assessing the Coalition Threatp. 126
Preparing a Naval Defensep. 134
Notesp. 163
Um Al-Ma'arik (The Mother of All Battles)p. 172
The End-of-the-Epic Duelp. 227
Notesp. 250
Iraqi Lessons Learnedp. 262
Selected Iraqi Military Lessonsp. 268
Notesp. 293
Saddam's Strategic Lessons of the Warp. 299
Saddam's Analysis of His Adversaryp. 304
Notesp. 305
Epilogue: Insights from the Iraqi Perspectivep. 307
Notesp. 309
Timelinep. 311
Key Personalitiesp. 319
Acronyms and Abbreviationsp. 323
Referencesp. 325
Books, Periodicals, Reports, Web sitesp. 325
U.S. Government Publicationsp. 331
Harmony Media Filesp. 332
Harmony Document Foldersp. 336
Indexp. 345
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