mother of all battles
Subtitle: Saddam Hussein's strategic plan for the Gulf War
By: Kevin M. Woods.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Annapolis, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591149422
Subjects: Hussein, Saddam, -- 1937-2006; Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Iraq; Iraq -- History, Military -- 20th century; Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1979-1991
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: A note on sources; title: Introduction; title: An overview of the Gulf War from the U.S. perspective; title: The diplomatic background; title: The air war; title: The ground war; title: The 'victory' at al-Khafji; title: The beginning : Saddam's narrative; title: A long view; title: The Iran-Iraq war as precursor; title: The coming war of the elephant; title: Saddam's strategic calculations; title: Kuwait; title: The view of senior Ba'thists; title: Restoring the branch to the tree; title: Planning an invasion; title: Preparing the republican guard; title: Iraqi airpower 'confidence abounds'; title: The Iraqi navy's mission : a daunting task; title: Yum al-nida (day of the great call); title: The invasion; title: The Iraqi Navy; title: Iraqi airpower : weaknesses exposed; title: The republican guard's Blitzkrieg; title: Occupation and consolidation; title: A new historical juncture; title: Extending Ba'ath control; title: Reaction and Iraqi counteraction; title: The Arab world; title: The Iranians; title: The international community; title: The Americans; title: The Iraqi plan for the defense of Kuwait; title: Assessing the coalition threat; title: First priority : prepare for a long air campaign; title: Preparing a naval defense; title: The ground defense concept; title: Air force and air defense; title: Surface-to-surface missile forces; title: Unconventional preparations; title: Iraq's net assessment of the coming war; title: Um al-ma'arik (the mother of all battles); title: The air campaign; title: Their defeated gathering; title: The ground campaign; title: The end-of-the-epic duel; title: The unilateral cease fire; title: The uprisings; title: Iraqi lessons learned; title: Saddam's strategic lessons of the war; title: Epilogue : insights from the Iraqi perspective; title: Appendix a : timeline; title: Appendix b : key personalities; title: Acronyms and abbreviations.