War in the Gulf: Desert Shield 1991

Overview

On August 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait prompting a coalition of forces led by the United States to build up in the Gulf region in preparation for conflict with the largest and most battle-hardened Arab army. This programme, produced before the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991, is the next best thing to a classified Pentagon briefing on the military power of both sides of the then-ensuing conflict. Based on previously classified intelligence reports, it examines what was known of the massive arsen