Arabic with English subtitles. This mini-series encapsulates the TV actually watched by the world during the Gulf crisis and war. It retains the feeling of immediacy and participation and also the proportional time spent in flag waving and heartthrob personal interviews. Shaw's commentary, however, gives good perspective and juxtaposes quotations in a provocative fashion. Request by individual title.
Invasion is a brief and inadequate historical review focusing on events leading to invasion.
AIR WAR 49min Details of air war and high tech weapons. Schwartzkopf summarizes strategical goals as differentiated from Vietnam. Then a careful itemization and explanation of the high-tech arsenal. The first six minutes repeats clips already reviewed in part 1 and 2. War is the mother of unpredictables.