1. Gulf War I I

2. Iraq – Kuwait Dispute Kuwait part of Ottoman province of Basra
The UK drew the border between the two countries in 1922
UAE and Kuwait exceeding its OPEC quotas resulting loss of $7 billion a year to Iraq
slant-drilling across the border into Iraq's Rumaila oil field

4. UN Declarations, Failed Diplomacy

5. August 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait
UN 678 gave Iraq until 15 January 1991 to withdraw from Kuwait and empowered states to use "all necessary means" to force Iraq out of Kuwait after the deadline.

6. Coalition 34 countries the largest since WW II Kuwait $15 Billion
Saudi, Syria, Egypt, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar

7. 17 January 1991 The Air War Ground War
Elimination of Iraqi air force radar capabilities, media centers
Ground War
24 February Coalition Enters Kuwait Kuwaiti forces liberate Kuwait City
After 4 days Iraqi forces leave Kuwait
Coalition extents to 150 miles from Baghdad before withdrawing to the Kuwait border

8. Battle of 73 Easting
The bulk of Iraqi forces positioned in Kuwait supported by reserve IRG tanks
Global Positioning System technology
3 US mechanized divisions advanced 120 miles in 82 hours
First ever ground defeat of the Republican Guard

9. Highway of Death
War Crimes?
Kurdish and Shi’ite uprisings
Rebellion put down by Republican Guard

10. Outcomes Coalition did not seek regime change or occupation
Increased sectarianism
Kurdish autonomy
Increased military cooperation: US and Gulf States

11. New World Order (11 September 1991)

12. Francis Fukuyama The End of History (1992)
What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government