The Gulf War 1991 – Part 1: Lines in the Sand

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Zach Cornwell

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. The resulting conflict triggered a chain reaction that changed the world. In this first installment in a three-part series, we trace the origins of the Kuwait crisis, chronicle Saddam’s rise to power in Iraq, and explore America’s symbiotic relationship with the Persian Gulf. SOURCES: Aburish, Said K. Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge. 2000. Atkinson, Rick. Crusade: The Untold Story of the Gulf War. 1993. Al-Radi, Nuha. Baghdad Diaries. 1998. Charles Rivers Editors. The Gulf War. 2018. Coll, Steve. Ghost Wars. 2004. Coll, Steve. Branigin, William. “US scrambled to shape view of ‘Highway of Death’”. 3.11.1991. Corrigan, Jim. Desert Storm Air War. 2017. Coughlin, Con. Saddam: His Rise and Fall. 2005. Dunnigan, James F. Macedonia, Raymond M. Getting It Right. 1995. Finlan, Alastair. The Gulf War 1991. 2003. Gordon, Michael R. Trainer, Bernard E. The General’s War. 1995. Hallion, Richard P. Desert Storm 1991. 2022. Hiro, Dilip. Desert Shield to Desert Storm: The Second Gulf War. 1991. Hiro, Dilip. Cold War in the Islamic World. 2018. Karsh, Efraim. The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988. 1989. Karsh, Efraim. Rautsi, Inari. Saddam Hussein. A Political Biography. 1991. Khadduri, Majid. Ghareeb, Edmund. War in the Gulf, 1990-1991. 1999. Mufson, Steven. 1990 Aug 6. “Kuwait Assets Form Vast, Frozen Empire”. The Washington Post. Murray, Williamson. Woods, Kevin M. The Iran-Iraq War. 2014. Meacham, Jon. Destiny and Power. 2015. Morris, David J. Storm on the Horizon. 2004. Riedel, Bruce. Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States. 2019. Swofford, Anthony. Jarhead. 2003. Wyndham, Buck. Hogs in the Sand. 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	Hello and welcome to Conflicted, the history podcast where we talk about the struggles that shaped us, the tough questions that they pose, and why we should care about any of it.
0:40.3	Conflicted is a member of the Evergreen Podcast Network. And as always, I'm your host, Zach Cornwell.
0:46.7	You are listening to the first episode in a three-part series about a topic that I've had on my list for a very long time.
0:54.0	The one, the only,
0:55.9	Gulf War. Except, it's not really the one and only Gulf War. In fact, as long as there
1:01.5	have been people living near the Persian Gulf, there have been armies fighting over it.
1:05.7	Since men figured out how to sharpen a few sticks and stand side by side in neat little
1:09.9	rows, there have been
1:11.0	battles fought over that very old, very fertile, very strategically located region that we call
1:16.4	Mesopotamia. But our Gulf War, the one we're going to be talking about for the next few episodes,
1:21.8	took place way back in the distant, misty days of 1991, back when cars had tape decks, phones had cords, and Dwayne
1:30.2	Johnson had hair. On the surface, it's a pretty simple story. In August of 1990, Saddam Hussein,
1:37.4	the infamous dictator of Iraq, invaded the tiny country of Kuwait. The United States quickly assembled
1:43.3	a coalition to kick him out,
1:45.4	and in less than a year, Saddam's powerful army had been transformed into white flags and pink mist.
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