Gulf+War


 * The Gulf War** (1990-1991)

Gulf War (FRONTLINE) website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/

Video (4 hours) http://youtu.be/aUMAyiI0TPA

This two-part documentary is a comprehensive and critical analysis of the 1990-1991 war in which more than one million troops faced off against each other in the deserts of the Gulf states. From the Allied coalition's air war and the ground assault, to the liberation of Kuwait and the fallout of Saddam Hussein's retaining power, FRONTLINE deconstructs what really happened, how it happened and why. This report draws on in-depth, remarkably candid interviews with those who planned Operation Desert Storm and those who fought its battles. These include key decision makers such as Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, former Secretary of State James Baker, former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, and Margaret Thatcher. It also includes vivid commentary by U.S and British commanders on the ground, the war stories of soldiers and airmen captured by the Iraqis, and interviews with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and a top Iraqi intelligence official.

Transcripts of the video Part A http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/script_a.html Part B http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/script_b.html

Readings http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/appendix/readings.html

Maps Link to each of them http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/maps/

Chronology http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/cron/

Weapons http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/

Oral History []

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/decision.html
 * a. The Decision Makers**

Colin Powell [] Dick Cheney http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/cheney/1.html James Baker http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/baker/1.html Margaret Thatcher http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/art/oral3es.gif Robert Gates http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/art/oral3fs.gif Richard Haass http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/art/oral3hs.gif Brent Scowcroft http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/scowcroft/1.html Mikail Gorbachev []

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 * b. The Commanders**

Norman Schwarzkopf http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/schwarzkopf/1.html Calvin Waller [] Charles Horner [] Walt Boomer [] Frederick Franks [] Buster Glosson [] Peter de la Billiere []


 * c. The Iraqis**

Tariq Aziz [] Wafic al Samarrai []


 * d. The Analysts**

Rick Atkinson http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/atkinson/1.html Bernard Trainor []


 * e. War Stories**

Rhonda Cornum [] David Eberly [] Jeff Tice [] Andy McNab [] John Peters http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/war/4.html