Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II through the Persian Gulf War. Rev. 3d

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
World War ◽  
Covert Operations ◽  
The Persian Gulf

scholarly journals Support the Troops: Gulf War Homecomings and a New Politics of Military Celebration

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
David Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
The United States ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
World War ◽  
American Military ◽  
New Politics ◽  
Vietnam Era ◽  
The Persian Gulf

The celebrations that took place in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War of 1991 stood out as the largest seen in the United States since the end of World War II, as hundreds of thousands of troops marched in triumphant parades in almost every major American city and in hundreds of small towns. But the pageantry did not simply celebrate American military and technological prowess. Spectators at these parades also engaged in a novel form of patriotism that emphasized unquestioning support for the troops. Representing a crucial moment in the American public's deepening veneration for U.S. soldiers and veterans, the Gulf War celebrations marked a turning point when the Vietnam-era image of the soldier as a broken or rebellious draftee was finally and purposefully eclipsed by the notion of the volunteer service member as hero.

Book Reviews

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 557-558
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
Spanish American ◽  
State University ◽  
World War ◽  
Spanish American War ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Volker Janssen of California State University, Fullerton reviews, “America's Economic Way of War: War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War” by Hugh Rockoff. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the economic causes and consequences of the wars that the United States fought in the twentieth century. Discusses a century of war; the economics of war; the Spanish-American War; the Philippine-American War; World War I; World War II; the Korean War; the Cold War; the Vietnam War; the Persian Gulf War; and the American economic way of war. Rockoff is Professor of Economics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.”

Automated Warfare

The Drone Age ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 27-54
Author(s):  
Michael J. Boyle
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
The United States ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
World War ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Gradual Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
The Cold War

Chapter 2 provides an overview of the history of the development of drones. It shows that drone prototypes were in existence at the turn of the twentieth century and that their gradual development and use—either as missiles, target practice, or later, modern surveillance drones—proceeded in fits and starts. In the United States, this creation of drones was possible due to sustained investment by military and intelligence agencies, who took a risk on supporting unmanned platforms when the funds could have been devoted to manned aircraft or satellites. It reviews the history of the use of drones in World War II, the Cold War, and Vietnam, and shows how drones became used in combat in the Persian Gulf War and the Balkans. Finally, it discusses the birth of the armed Predator drone, which could play a central role in the counterterrorism campaigns of the post 9/11 era.

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