"The United States led military coalitions against Iraq in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War and the 2003 overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. Although these events are among the most studied in recent American military history, the U.S. operations in the Middle East between the two conflicts are much less well known. This monograph fills this gap and recounts how the U.S. Army helped deter Iraqi aggression during this period. It also chronicles how the Army maintained a high tempo of operations during a decade of downsizing and consolidation"-- Provided by publisher.