U.S and the Persian Gulf War

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"AMERICAN STATECRAFT AND THE PERSIAN GULF WAR

This paper analyzes the uses made by the United States of various tools of international statecraft during the period leading up to, during and immediately after the Persian Gulf War. In dealing with the threat posed by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, the United States had as options deterrence, diplomacy and the use of military force. It had available to it different crisis management techniques and, once war ensued, it had to choose how to terminate the fighting. The thesis of this paper is that the United States, after a fumbling beginning, made effective use of all these tools; however, certain unique features were present in this situation which suggest that not all that worked in the Persian Gulf war is likely to serve as a guide for the resolution of other crises."

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