Persian Gulf Crisis

ROBERT F. HELMS, II is Program Director, Military Issues and Studies, Center for Social Research and Policy Analysis, at the Research Triangle Institute at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.ROBERT H. DORFF is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at North Carolina State University.

• Preface Introduction by Robert F. Helms II Historical Perspectives The Search for Security in the International System: Historical Perspectives from 1815, 1918, and 1945 by Samuel R. Williamson, Jr. The Gulf War and Prospects for World Order by Collective Security by Inis L. Claude, Jr. Great Power Rivalry and the Persian Gulf by Bruce R. Kuniholm The U. S. Experience in the Persian Gulf by Bruce R. Kuniholm The Arab Dimension Arab Perspectives of the Gulf Crisis by Christine M. Helms Political Currents in the Arab World before the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait by Alan R. Taylor Responses to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait U.S. Responses to the Persian Gulf Crisis: Grappling for a Policy by Bruce R. Kuniholm Nonmilitary Responses to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait: Use of Economic Sanctions by Kimberly Ann Elliott U.S. Military Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait by James A. Blackwell Implications for the Resolution of Crises in the Post-Cold War World Military Role in the Emerging National Security Policy by Major General Daniel W. Christman (U.S. Army) and Lieutenant Colonel Robert D. Walz (U.S. Army, Ret.) Use of Military Power in the Post-Cold War World: Win Big, Win Quick, and Win without Casualties by Robert F. Helms II Conflict in the Post-Cold War International System: Sources and Responses by Robert H. Dorff Conclusions and Implications by Robert F. Helms II References Index