An annotated bibliography of over 1400 entries of books, document collections and journal articles published up to September 1993. Entries include English, French, German and Italian items, and are divided into five areas: reference sources; general studies; the crisis; the war; and the aftermath.

Includes indexes.

Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 Reference sources: bibliographies; chronologies; document collections. -- Part 2 General studies. -- Part 3 The crisis: background; the Iraqi arsenal; Kuwait under occupation; the "human shield" hostages; the diplomatic crisis and the world response. -- Part 4 The war: general accounts; the air campaign; the ground campaign; the United States Marine Corps at war; the naval campaign; Israel, Patriot missiles and the Scud war; the terrorist threat; aircraft, weapons and equipment; space-based systems; logistics; the media and the war; moral aspects and the just war controversy; the war and international law; the war, society and public opinion in the United States and Great Britain; women and the war; the economic costs. -- Part 5 The aftermath: the post-war uprisings and relief operations; Kuwait in the aftermath; Iraq in the aftermath; the war and the environment; migrant workers and the war; regional and international consequences of the war; diplomatic and military lessons of the war. -- Index to Journal and Serial Titles. -- Author/Subject Index.