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The mother of all battles : Saddam Hussein's strategic plan for the Gulf War / Kevin M. Woods.

Author/creator	Woods, Kevin M.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2008.
Description	xxiv, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects	Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006. Persian Gulf War, 1991--Iraq. Iraq--History, Military. --20th century. Iraq--Politics and government. --1979-1991.

Contents	Foreword -- Preface -- A note on sources -- Introduction -- An overview of the Gulf War from the U.S. perspective -- The diplomatic background -- The air war -- The ground war -- The 'victory' at al-Khafji -- The beginning : Saddam's narrative -- A long view -- The Iran-Iraq war as precursor -- The coming war of the elephant -- Saddam's strategic calculations -- Kuwait -- The view of senior Ba'thists -- Restoring the branch to the tree -- Planning an invasion -- Preparing the republican guard -- Iraqi airpower 'confidence abounds' -- The Iraqi navy's mission : a daunting task -- Yum al-nida (day of the great call) -- The invasion -- The Iraqi Navy -- Iraqi airpower : weaknesses exposed -- The republican guard's Blitzkrieg -- Occupation and consolidation -- A new historical juncture -- Extending Ba'ath control -- Reaction and Iraqi counteraction -- The Arab world -- The Iranians -- The international community -- The Americans -- The Iraqi plan for the defense of Kuwait -- Assessing the coalition threat -- First priority : prepare for a long air campaign -- Preparing a naval defense -- The ground defense concept -- Air force and air defense -- Surface-to-surface missile forces -- Unconventional preparations -- Iraq's net assessment of the coming war -- Um al-ma'arik (the mother of all battles) -- The air campaign -- Their defeated gathering -- The ground campaign -- The end-of-the-epic duel -- The unilateral cease fire -- The uprisings -- Iraqi lessons learned -- Saddam's strategic lessons of the war -- Epilogue : insights from the Iraqi perspective -- Appendix a : timeline -- Appendix b : key personalities -- Acronyms and abbreviations.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-343) and index.
LCCN	2008023329
ISBN	9781591149422 (alk. paper)
ISBN	1591149428 (alk. paper)

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