The Gulf Crisis: The Relevance of Recent Conflicts
Published Date: October 1, 1991
Wars, like other episodic historical events, seldom repeat themselves, but soldiers and statesmen who remain ignorant of previous conflicts run the risk of repeating past errors. On September 25 and 26, 1990, the Center for Naval Analyses held its 1990 Sea Power Forum on 'Recent Conflicts and the Current Crisis.' The goal of the Forum was to provide a foundation for analyzing the use of military force in the 1980s, as well as to draw lessons applicable to the current crisis in the Persian Gulf and potential future conflicts. Panelists addressed the recent past and its relevance to the first major international crisis in the post-Cold War era. This report sythesizes the key findings of the Forum.
