Spanish Peaks Library District

Offers a brief history of the Persian Gulf War and discusses oil politics in the Middle East, the end of the Cold War, and Saddam Hussein's regime.

Offers a brief history of the Persian Gulf region and focuses on Iraq's wars with the United States, as well as with Iran and Kuwait, and provides insight into the home front, weapons, uniforms, and the roles of women and minorities.

Absurdly comic tale set after the end of the Gulf War, when three American soldiers looking to plunder stolen gold become involved in an uprising.

"Here is the reality of military life as Crane sees it: the constant wariness, bred in Vietnam, that Crane wears like a second skin; the grueling training in the Mojave Desert, where he watches raw young recruits learn state-of-the-art warfare. Then comes the call to the Gulf and the weeks of tedious waiting in the cold, barren Saudi desert ("Wall-to-Wall Fuck All" they name it), weeks that culminate at last in the exhilarating, terrifying dash across...

Examines the destruction of human life and the environment by the American military during the Persian Gulf War.

Discusses the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; historical background on Iraq, Kuwait and the Persian Gulf region; biographical information on Saddam Hussein; U.N. and U.S. actions; and the Persian Gulf War.

Shant Kenderian's visit to Baghdad in 1980, at age seventeen, was supposed to be a short one--just enough time to make peace with his estranged father before returning home to the United States. But then Saddam Hussein invaded Iran and sealed off Iraq's borders to every man of military age--including Shant. Suddenly forced onto the front lines, his two-week visit turned into a ten-year nightmare. Yet throughout this whole ordeal, Shant never lost...

Describes the events of the Persian Gulf War, the military build-up which constituted Operation Desert Shield and subsequently Operation Desert Storm, and the events since the cease-fire.