Richard P. Hallion holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland, and has completed specialized governmental and national security programs at the Federal Executive Institute, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. In a long and distinguished career he has been a Curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum; the Harold Keith Johnson Chair of Military History at the Army War College; the Charles Lindbergh Professor at the National Air and Space Museum; and The Air Force Historian. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Royal Historical Society.

• INTRODUCTIONCHRONOLOGYATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES-The airpower of a global coalition-Ordnance-TrainingDEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES-Iraq's military machine-The invading armed forces-Saddam's air power-Organization-Air defensesCAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES-Resolution and resolveTHE CAMPAIGN-42 days to Kuwait City-Final countdown-Opening night: an assessment-Grappling in the Central Blue-Preventing resurgence: the shelter-busting campaign-Per Ardua: Tornado at war-The Iraqi SAM threat: suppressed but not eliminated-Targeting Iraq’s power infrastructure and forces-Weather-The battle against the Scuds-Clash of arms at al-Khafji: Saddam’s calculated lashing-out-Victory at sea: securing the northern Persian Gulf-Phase III: “preparing the battlefield” or “destroying thebattlefield?”-The intelligence debate-The al-Firdos bunker bombing-Phase IV: to G-Day and afterwards-EndgameAFTERMATH AND ANALYSISFURTHER READINGINDEX

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Richard P. Hallion holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland, and has completed specialized governmental and national security programs at the Federal Executive Institute, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. In a long and distinguished career he has been a Curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum; the Harold Keith Johnson Chair of Military History at the Army War College; the Charles Lindbergh Professor at the National Air and Space Museum; and The Air Force Historian. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Royal Historical Society.

• INTRODUCTIONCHRONOLOGYATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES-The airpower of a global coalition-Ordnance-TrainingDEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES-Iraq's military machine-The invading armed forces-Saddam's air power-Organization-Air defensesCAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES-Resolution and resolveTHE CAMPAIGN-42 days to Kuwait City-Final countdown-Opening night: an assessment-Grappling in the Central Blue-Preventing resurgence: the shelter-busting campaign-Per Ardua: Tornado at war-The Iraqi SAM threat: suppressed but not eliminated-Targeting Iraq’s power infrastructure and forces-Weather-The battle against the Scuds-Clash of arms at al-Khafji: Saddam’s calculated lashing-out-Victory at sea: securing the northern Persian Gulf-Phase III: “preparing the battlefield” or “destroying thebattlefield?”-The intelligence debate-The al-Firdos bunker bombing-Phase IV: to G-Day and afterwards-EndgameAFTERMATH AND ANALYSISFURTHER READINGINDEX

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Richard P. Hallion holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland, and has completed specialized governmental and national security programs at the Federal Executive Institute, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. In a long and distinguished career he has been a Curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum; the Harold Keith Johnson Chair of Military History at the Army War College; the Charles Lindbergh Professor at the National Air and Space Museum; and The Air Force Historian. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Royal Historical Society.

• INTRODUCTIONCHRONOLOGYATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES-The airpower of a global coalition-Ordnance-TrainingDEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES-Iraq's military machine-The invading armed forces-Saddam's air power-Organization-Air defensesCAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES-Resolution and resolveTHE CAMPAIGN-42 days to Kuwait City-Final countdown-Opening night: an assessment-Grappling in the Central Blue-Preventing resurgence: the shelter-busting campaign-Per Ardua: Tornado at war-The Iraqi SAM threat: suppressed but not eliminated-Targeting Iraq’s power infrastructure and forces-Weather-The battle against the Scuds-Clash of arms at al-Khafji: Saddam’s calculated lashing-out-Victory at sea: securing the northern Persian Gulf-Phase III: “preparing the battlefield” or “destroying thebattlefield?”-The intelligence debate-The al-Firdos bunker bombing-Phase IV: to G-Day and afterwards-EndgameAFTERMATH AND ANALYSISFURTHER READINGINDEX

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