War in the Gulf: Lessons for the Third World

This book analyses the ramifications of the conflict in the Third World, emphasizing the inescapable relationship between diplomacy, economics, and military action that form part of a political whole, providing drive to states in confrontation. The mechanics of war planning within well-established tenets of warfare faithfully adhered to by the American military leadership in providing the basis for war-winning options are analyzed. The recognized principles of war are reexamined in the light of known events to establish their efficacy in future wars. Modern weapon systems and their performance are examined with a view toward validating existing war-fighting theory and military doctrines influenced by the ongoing technological evolution. Military efficacy of Third World countries in the current global political environment, their strategic and technological imperatives, and their politico-economic growth overshadowed by the American will to influence global ideological perceptions are analyzed. The book catechizes the Gulf conflict from a Third World point of view.