1st Edition

Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm

By John Andreas Olsen Copyright 2003
344 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

In response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on the second of August 1990, a small group of air power advocates in the Pentagon proposed a strategic air campaign - "Operation Desert Storm" designed to drive the Iraqi army from Kuwait by a sustained effort against the major sources of Iraqi national power. John Andreas Olsen provides a coherent and comprehensive examination of the origins,... Read more
1. The Politico-Military Context of Operation Desert Storm  2. The Genesis of the Strategic Air Campaign Plan  3. The Evolution of the Strategic Air Campaign Plan  4. The Target State: The Iraqi regime's political power structure  5. An Examination of the Strategic Air Campaign

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Authored by Olsen, John Andreas