“Most impressively, the e-book edition takes great advantage of the digital format, offering links to newscasts, speeches, and battlefield videos currently available on YouTube and the C-SPAN website. ” - Kirkus Reviews
Debacle - The Persian Gulf War Revealed
By Mark R. Gery
Volume 1
PART I - THE BACKGROUND, THE PLAYERS, THE STAKES
- Defiant Iraq, the Beginning of the Cold War, and the Genesis of Israel
- Revolutionary Iraq Versus the KDP, Israel, and Iran
- America and the Middle East: The Iraqi Revolution through the Yom Kippur War
- America and the Middle East: The First Great Oil Shock through the Iran-Iraq War
PART II - AMERICA AND IRAQ: THE ROAD TO CONFRONTATION
- New Realities in the Middle East and the Campaign Against Iraq
- The End of the Cold War and Saddam Hussein's Stand Against the US, Israel, and Kuwait
Volume 2
- The Invasion of Kuwait and the White House Push to War
- The US and Iraq Prepare to Fight as Washington Debates the War
- Saddam Defies the UN and America Expands its War Goals
PART III - THE PERSIAN GULF WAR
- SCUD Strikes on Israel: Early Victories for Saddam and Iraq
- Air War I: The Survival of Strategic Targets in Iraq
- Air War II: A Battlefield Unprepared
- The Iraqi Conquest of Khafji and the Soviet Cease-fire Initiative
Volume 3
- The Amiriyah Shelter Bombing and CENTCOM's Rush to Invade
- Ground War I: A Meticulous Plan Gone Awry
- Ground War II: The Republican Guard Withdraws and the US Army Gives Chase
- Ground War III: Saddam Hussein Survives and the United States is Defeated
- How the War Was Lost and a Heinous Act of Revenge
PART IV - AFTERMATH OF WAR
- The Myth of American Victory, Iraq's Bloody Civil War, and the Madrid Peace Conference
- Defiant Iraq and the Defeat of George H. W. Bush
- Epilogue: The Legacy of the Persian Gulf War
- Bibliography