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This 3 page paper examines the Gulf War and what occurred on the eve of the conflict. How did the strategy emerge? What operations were planned and why? Washington's influence is also discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the live war footage, something that had never been seen before, the military action was no secret. Freedman & Karsh (1991) write: "The strategy that led to victory-a relatively protracted
and systematic air campaign followed by a land campaign based on envelopment and maneuver-was fully advertised beforehand" (p.5). By the eve of the Gulf War, objectives had already been set
and strategy was understood. Everything was planned in response to Saddams invasion of Kuwait. The Air Staff responded to the Commander-in-Chief to develop a conceptual plan, something labeled Instant Thunder
("Chapter VI-The Air Campaign," 2007). This is the plan that made a basis for CENTCOMs Operation Desert Storm and its well-known air campaign ("Chapter VI-The Air Campaign," 2007).
The operational setting was one where plans were made behind closed doors and this occurred prior to the eve of the war. The plan was made after Saddam Hussein invaded
Kuwait because the war was in effect a direct consequence of his action. Strategy was based upon Husseins negative activities. After he invaded Kuwait, CENTCOM and Service staff began to
plan for both offensive and defensive military operations ("Chapter VI-The Air Campaign," 2007). The air force part of operations CENTAF did begin to plan the air campaign ("Chapter VI-The Air
Campaign," 2007). The air campaign was something exciting as it was a relatively new strategy. It should be said that surgical strikes were something new, and something that could only
be accomplished with advanced technology. This in part is what made operations different in The Gulf War. For the first time, an air campaign could be launched with precise accuracy,
and this made strategy easier and cleaner. Strategists were also able to minimize loss of life in this way. Cooper (1997) claims that the Gulf War was a
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