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Middle EastThe Middle East is the area in Asia and Africa between and including Libya in the west, Pakistan in the east, Turkey in the north, and the Arabian Peninsula in the south. The countries included in this area are Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen Arab Republic (North), and Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (South). After Desert Storm: The United States Army and the Reconstruction of Kuwait Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: BOOK. 1999. Gives the structure and sense of order to the complex story of how Kuwait recovered in record time from the devastating effects of a seven month occupation by Iraqi troops, in large part both topically and chronologically. Year/Pages: 1999: 314 p.; ill. Background Notes on the Countries of the World, Subscription Service Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs Description: UBSCRIPTION. LIST ID BGN. Issued monthly. Each Note covers a different country, territory, or international organization and provides information on its land, people, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations. Single copies are no longer sold, but can be downloaded at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn. Subscription price: Domestic - $63.00 a year; Foreign - $88.20 a year. File Code 2B. Conduct of the Persian Gulf Conflict: An Interim Report to Congress, July 1991 Publisher: Defense Dept. Description: BOOK. 1991. Reflects many of the preliminary impressions formed by the Department of Defense since the cessation of hostilities. Responds to 27 questions from Congress. Includes battle maps. Year/Pages: 1991: 269 p.; ill. Price: $25.00 Euphrates Triangle: Security Implications of the Southeastern Anatolia Project Publisher: Defense Dept., National Defense University Description: BOOK. 1999. Explores the implications of water distribution for stability in the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Examines patterns of water usage, relations between Turkey and its neighbors, and the impact of Turkey's plans to complete an ambitious national water project. Year/Pages: 1999: 67 p.; ill. Foreign Relations of the United States: Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian Description: BOOK. 1992. Includes sections on: the Arab-Israeli dispute; United States recognition of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria); and United States policies regarding: North Africa; Algeria; Libya; Morocco; and Tunisia. Also contains footnotes, an index, and lists of sources, abbreviations, and persons. Year/Pages: 1992: 958 p. Price: $14.00 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, V. 19, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1967 Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian Description: BOOK. 2004. Documents United States policy toward the Arab-Israeli dispute. Year/Pages: 2004: 1119 p. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, V. 21, Near East Region, Arabian Peninsula Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian Description: BOOK. 2000. Year/Pages: 2000: 951 p. Price: $67.00 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, V. 22, Iran Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian Description: BOOK. 1999. Documents the most important issues concerning Iran in the foreign policy of the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson in the years 1964-1968. Year/Pages: 1999: 620 p. Price: $45.00 Publisher: Defense Dept., Air Force, Air University Description: BOOK. 1994. Contains narrative stories about the Desert Storm Persian Gulf War. Year/Pages: 1994: 292 p.; ill. Price: $10.59 Gulf War Air Power Survey, V. 3: Logistics and Support Publisher: Defense Dept., Air Force, Gulf War Air Power Survey Review Committee Description: BOOK. 1993. Consists of two reports. The first report, Logistics, discusses logistics in the Persian Gulf War as it applies to all military operations and in particular to air operations. Includes functions for maintaining an air base and support services. The second report, Support, captures and tells the stories of functional support areas. Focuses on those support areas that project air power. Year/Pages: 1993: 786 p.; ill. Humanitarian Intervention: Assisting the Iraqi Kurds in Operation Provide Comfort, 1991 Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: BOOK. 2004. Details the role of the United States Army in Operation Provide Comfort in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's 1991 brutal suppression of the Iraqi Kurds. Year/Pages: 2004: 296 p.; ill. Khomeini's Incorporation of the Iranian Military Publisher: Defense Dept., National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies Description: BOOK. 1996. In the context of Khomeini's incorporations of the Iranian Military, this monograph discusses: the history of the Iranian revolution; pre-revolutionary Iran; the Shah's departure; purge of the monarchists; ideological purge; and the Iran-Iraq War. Includes a chronology of selected events and a bibliography. Year/Pages: 1996: 111 p.; ill. Price: $7.50 Minerals Yearbook, ..., Volume 3, Area Reports, International, Mineral Industries of Africa and the Middle East . . . Contains the latest available mineral data on the countries in Africa and the Middle East. Discusses the importance of minerals to the economies of these nations. Includes production and industry structure tables, information about government policies and programs, and an outlook section. Minerals Yearbook, V. 3, Area Reports: International, 1999, Africa and the Middle East Publisher: Interior Dept., Geological Survey Description: BOOK. 2001. Year/Pages: 2001: 196 p. Price: $11.00 Minerals Yearbook, V. 3, Area Reports: International, 2000, Africa and the Middle East Publisher: Interior Dept., Geological Survey Description: BOOK. 2002. Year/Pages: 2002: 248 p. Price: $34.50 On Course to Desert Storm: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf Publisher: Defense Dept., Navy, Naval Historical Center Description: BOOK. 1992. Traces the history of the United States Navy and the Persian Gulf from 1800 to the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988. Year/Pages: 1992: 213 p.; ill. Price: $7.59 Sailing Directions (Enroute): India and the Bay of Bengal, 2002 Publisher: Defense Dept., National Imagery and Mapping Agency Description: CD-ROM. 2002. Covers the harbors, coasts, and waters of India and the Bay of Bengal Provides information that cannot be shown graphically on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. Includes detailed coastal and port approach information which supplements the latest revised print of the largest scale chart for sale by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Divided into geographic areas. System requirements: Windows: 486 processor; 16M RAM, 24 RAM for NT; 10M free disk space; and Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0. Macintosh: Power Macintosh; System 7.5.3 or later; 6.5M RAM; and 10M free disk space. Year/Pages: 2002: 274 p.; ill. CD-ROM in pocket. Price: $15.19 Tips for Travelers to South Asia Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Consular Affairs Description: BOOK. 1995. Provides tips for Americans who are considering traveling in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Includes information on: weather; health, visas and other entry requirements, currency and customs regulations, shopping for antiques, and United States wildlife regulations. Also lists the addresses of foreign embassies in the United States and United States embassies and consulates abroad. Year/Pages: 1995: 15 p.; ill. revised ed. Price: $0.50 United States and the Persian Gulf: Reshaping Security Strategy for the Post-Containment Era Publisher: Defense Dept., National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies Description: BOOK. 2003. Includes an introduction and sections on: United States Interests and Objectives; Gulf Security Perceptions and Strategies; The Regional Military Balance; United States Defense Strategy and Force Planning; The Role of Outside Powers; and Policy Implications and Recommendations. Year/Pages: 2003: 176 p.; ill. Price: $6.00 Whirlwind War: The United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (Clothbound) Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: BOOK. 1995. Discusses the United States Army's role in the Persian Gulf War from August 1990 to February 1991. Shows the various strands that came together to produce the army of the 1990s and how that army in turn performed under fire and in the glare of world attention. Retains a sense of immediacy in its approach. Contains maps which were carefully researched and compiled as original documents in their own right. Year/Pages: 1995: 328 p.; ill. Whirlwind War: The United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (Paperbound) Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: BOOK. 1995. Year/Pages: 1995: 328 p.; ill. [ Top ]
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