Table of Contents

Introduction: The Middle East and the Study of International Relations 1. The Middle East in Historical Context 2. Crisis: The Provocation and the Protagonists 3. The United Nations and the Gulf Conflict 4. The Diplomacy of Crisis 5. The Gulf Conflict and International Law 6. The Laws of War and the Gulf Conflict 7. Morality and the Gulf Conflict 8. The Economnic Dimension of the Gulf Conflict 9. War, Strategy and the Gulf Conflict 10. The Aftermath Appendix 1. Gazetteer Appendix 2. Chronology Appendix 3. Maps Appendix 4. Documents Appendix 5. Statistics

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Ken Matthews