Persian Gulf War 1990-1991 Why Thesis

Some Americans were dissatisfied with the explanations and "No Blood for Oil" became a rallying cry for domestic opponents of the war. After a sober January debate, the Senate finally voted 52-47, and the House 250-183, to authorize the President to use force (Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991). The Persian Gulf War was not another Viet Nam. The opposition was not as great, nor was the support for the administration's actions unanimous. The political reality was that we had a despotic ruler to eliminate and, together, both domestically and internationally, it was done. Works Cited Arkin, William. "Masterminding an Air War." 1998. washingtonpost.com. 14 April 2009 . Feldman, Leslie Dale and Rosanna Perotti. Honor and loyalty: inside the politics of the George H.W. Bush White House. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. "George H.W. Bush." 2006. usa-presidents.info. 14 April 2009 . Joyner, Christopher. The Persian Gulf War: lessons for strategy, law, and diplomacy. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1990. Pauly, Robert J.U.S. foreign policy and the Persian Gulf: safeguarding American interests through selective multilateralism. Farnham, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2005. "Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991." 16 December 2000. onwar.com. 15 April 2009 . Schellenberg, James. Conflict resolution: theory, research, and practice. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1996. Yetiv, Steven. The Persian Gulf Crisis. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997......