#Shrouded in sanity iato archive#

It was divided into task forces, most of which were run by civilians working temporarily for the Air Force. Eliot Cohen of Johns Hopkins UniversityРІР‚в„ўs School of Advanced International Studies and was staffed by a mixture of civilian and military analysts, including retired officers from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. It concentrates on an analysis of the operational level of war in the belief that this level of warfare is at once one of the most difficult to characterize and one of the most important to understand. Rather, the Survey provides an analytical and evidentiary point of departure for future studies of the air campaign. Nor is it a summary of lessons learned: other organizations, including many within the Air Force, have already done that. It is not a definitive history: that will await the passage of time and the opening of sources (Iraqi records, for example) that were not available to Survey researchers.

The Survey was just that, an attempt to provide a comprehensive and documented account of the war.

#Shrouded in sanity iato archive#

It has prepared as well a summary report and some shorter papers and assembled an archive composed of paper, microfilm, and electronic records, all of which have been deposited at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The Survey has produced reports on planning, the conduct of operations, the effects of the air campaign, command and control, logistics, air base support, space, weapons and tactics, as well as a chronology and a compendium of statistics on the war. The Gulf War Air Power Survey was commissioned on 22 August 1991 to review all aspects of air warfare in the Persian Gulf for use by the United States Air Force, but it was not to confine itself to discussion of that institution. Wilson University of California at Los AngelesР”Р‡oreword From 16 January through 28 February 1991, the United States and its allies conducted one of the most operationally successful wars in history, a conflict in which air operations played a preeminent role. (USAF, Retired) Former Assistant Chief of Staff (Studies and Analysis) Dr. Maxwell Thurman (USA, Retired) Association of the U.S. Phillip Merrill Former Assistant Secretary General for Defense Support, NATO Dr. Marshall Office of the Secretary of Defense Mr. Kohn The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dr. Huntington Hardisty (USN, Retired) Center for Naval Analyses Dr. Dugan (USAF, Retired) Multiple Sclerosis Society Adm. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Gen. Gulf War Air Power Survey Review Committee Hon. KeaneyР”В®xecutive Director Senior Military Advisor Senior Historical Advisor Program Manager Executive Oficer Publishing Manager Chief, Statistics Chief Chronology Chief Weapons, Tactics and Training Chief, Logistics, Space, and Support Chief, Command, Control, and Organization ChieJI Strategy and Plans Chief Operations and Efects Chief Summary Report Gulf War Air Power Survey (Organization : U.S.).

Air Force-History-Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Persian Gulf War, 1991-Aerial operations. Weapons, Tactics, and Training and Space Operations - v.

Operations and Effects and Effectiveness - v. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Includes an unnumbered summary report by Thomas A. Gulf War Air Power Survey directed by Eliot A. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gulf War Air Power Survey p.