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     Presented here is an annotated bibliography of published
works dealing with the role of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and
Coast Guard in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War.

     There has been a spate of literature on the war since its
end in February 1991.   In September 1992, for example, the
Library of Congress computer catalog listed 223 government
documents and books,  including children's books and volumes of
poetry, under the heading "Persian Gulf War,  1991."  Because new
books and articles appear every month, this bibliography should
be considered a first cut, not the last word.

     The bibliography is divided into five sections:  finding
aids, source materials, books, articles, and videos.   Source
materials include documents and reports produced by or for the
U.S. government.   The books either contain sections on naval
operations and issues, or provide an understanding of the war in
its broader political and social context.   Periodical articles on
the war now number in the hundreds.   For the~sake of brevity, we
have limited citations to scholarly and defense journals and have
largely excluded newspapers and popular magazines.  Most of the
articles deal directly with some aspect of naval operations and
activities in Desert Shield and Desert Storm.  We have annotated
those articles whose titles do not clearly indicate their
subject.

     The more than five hundred entries listed below touch on a
broad range of topics, including economic sanctions and
embargoes, strategic planning, force structure, command
organization, military and political leadership, coalition
warfare, joint and combined operations, special forces, military
intelligence, logistics, tactics, mine warfare, Reserves,
technology, weapons systems, the role of women in the military,
weapons of mass destruction, and media coverage of the war.   All
of the works cited may be found in either the Navy Department
Library or the Library of Congress.

     We wish to thank the following individuals from the Naval
Historical Center for their assistance in preparing this
bibliography: Dr. Dean C. Allard, Director of Naval History; Dr.
William S. Dudley, Senior Historian; Dr. Edward J. Marolda, Head
of the Contemporary History Branch; Jean L. Hort, Glenn E. Helm,
Paula K. Murphy, and Tonya T. Montgomery of the Navy Department
Library; Sandra J. Doyle and Akio Stribling of the Editorial

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