Deterrence and Saddam Hussein
Subtitle: lessons from the 1990-1991 Gulf War
By: by Barry R. Schneider
Contributors: USAF Counterproliferation Center
Series: Counterproliferation papers -- no. 47; Counterproliferation papers -- no. 47.
Publisher: USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Nuclear crisis stability; First strike (Nuclear strategy); Deterrence (Strategy); Persian Gulf War, 1991
Notes: "August 2009."

Format not distributed to depository libraries.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-57).
Table of contents: title: The limits of deterrence; title: Cold War Deterrence Strategy; title: The faceoff: George H. W. Bush versus Saddam Hussein; title: The invasion of Kuwait; title: U.S. attempts to deter Iraq from invading Kuwait; title: Coalition deterrence of Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia, 1990-91; title: Saddam's failure to hold the coalition at bayu; title: Saddam's fall back position: deterring a coalition march to Baghdad; title: U.S. deterrence of Iraqi chemical and biological weapons use; title: Iraqi chemical and biological capability; title: U.S. and Israeli failure to deter Iraq from attacking Israel; title: Conclusions and lessons learned.