DENNIS MENOS is a research and management consultant and a writer on national security affairs. He formerly served at the Department of Defense in senior analyst and executive positions. He is the author of three books--Arms Control Fact Book, World at Risk, and The Superpowers and Nuclear Arms Control (Praeger, 1990).

• Preface The Failure of Diplomacy--Both Sides Miscalculated, The Congress Backs the President, When the War Comes The Air Battle--Launching Operation Desert Storm, Continuing Uncertainties, The Debate Over a Just War Diplomacy Aborted Again--Apprehension Over a Premature Cease-Fire, Wanted: A Victory on the Battlefield, Defining Objectives, The President's Ultimatum The 100-Hour Ground War--General Schwarzkopf and His "Hail Mary", The Most Popular War Ever, The Human Costs of "Victory" A Nation in Turmoil--The Permanent Cease-Fire, Rebellion in the South, Rebellion in the North, The Effects of Strategic Bombing, Eliminating Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction The Middle East--Status Quo Ante Bellum Kuwait: Justice and Democracy Can Wait, Arms Proliferation Continues Unabated, Gulf Security as Elusive as Ever, Mission Impossible: Settling the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Saddam Hussein Remains in Power, The New World Order Epilogue Appendixes Chronology Additional Reading Index

DENNIS MENOS is a research and management consultant and a writer on national security affairs. He formerly served at the Department of Defense in senior analyst and executive positions. He is the author of three books--Arms Control Fact Book, World at Risk, and The Superpowers and Nuclear Arms Control (Praeger, 1990).

• Preface The Failure of Diplomacy--Both Sides Miscalculated, The Congress Backs the President, When the War Comes The Air Battle--Launching Operation Desert Storm, Continuing Uncertainties, The Debate Over a Just War Diplomacy Aborted Again--Apprehension Over a Premature Cease-Fire, Wanted: A Victory on the Battlefield, Defining Objectives, The President's Ultimatum The 100-Hour Ground War--General Schwarzkopf and His "Hail Mary", The Most Popular War Ever, The Human Costs of "Victory" A Nation in Turmoil--The Permanent Cease-Fire, Rebellion in the South, Rebellion in the North, The Effects of Strategic Bombing, Eliminating Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction The Middle East--Status Quo Ante Bellum Kuwait: Justice and Democracy Can Wait, Arms Proliferation Continues Unabated, Gulf Security as Elusive as Ever, Mission Impossible: Settling the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Saddam Hussein Remains in Power, The New World Order Epilogue Appendixes Chronology Additional Reading Index

DENNIS MENOS is a research and management consultant and a writer on national security affairs. He formerly served at the Department of Defense in senior analyst and executive positions. He is the author of three books--Arms Control Fact Book, World at Risk, and The Superpowers and Nuclear Arms Control (Praeger, 1990).

• Preface The Failure of Diplomacy--Both Sides Miscalculated, The Congress Backs the President, When the War Comes The Air Battle--Launching Operation Desert Storm, Continuing Uncertainties, The Debate Over a Just War Diplomacy Aborted Again--Apprehension Over a Premature Cease-Fire, Wanted: A Victory on the Battlefield, Defining Objectives, The President's Ultimatum The 100-Hour Ground War--General Schwarzkopf and His "Hail Mary", The Most Popular War Ever, The Human Costs of "Victory" A Nation in Turmoil--The Permanent Cease-Fire, Rebellion in the South, Rebellion in the North, The Effects of Strategic Bombing, Eliminating Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction The Middle East--Status Quo Ante Bellum Kuwait: Justice and Democracy Can Wait, Arms Proliferation Continues Unabated, Gulf Security as Elusive as Ever, Mission Impossible: Settling the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Saddam Hussein Remains in Power, The New World Order Epilogue Appendixes Chronology Additional Reading Index