This book examines the implications of the Persian Gulf crisis
in order to enhance our understanding of the post-Cold War
international system. More than just another analysis of the Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent war, the book looks at the
more general aspects of the use of force (political, economic, and
military) evident in the Gulf crisis and what they can tell us
about the emerging post-Cold War system. Contributors were selected
on the basis of their ability to address specific questions and
policy issues, and to cast their analyses at a broadly theoretical
level.
Each chapter looks at a different aspect of conflict in the
international system and how that relates to the Persian Gulf
crisis. Several aspects of the crisis and the new international
system are examined such as the role of the United Nations, the
utility of economic sanctions, the historical origin of the crisis
itself, the potential sources of conflict and responses to it, and
the changing nature of the use of military force. To the extent
that the lessons found contradict the common wisdoms that emerged
in the immediate aftermath of the war, many of the chapters
challenge the trend to find sweeping generalizations in the Gulf
crisis that bear directly on international relations in the 1990s
and beyond. Civilian and military policymakers, as well as students
and teachers of international studies, will find this book of
interest.
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