The Gulf War taught us again that our nation can come together for a common cause. Yet the United States has changed as a result of that "defining moment" in the Persian Gulf and the new world order. What does the future hold for U.S. policy in the Gulf? How was the United States politically, militarily, and economically affected by this first "post-modern" conflict? Distinguished experts, among them Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor, William J. Perry, David Gergen, and Lawrence Korb, address these questions offer policy recommendations, and discuss the Gulf War from a broad perspective in terms of the diplomatic arena, the regional issues, and the economic, political, and strategic lessons that were learned or should have been learned from this conflict.

Includes index. One copy on Reserve A554. "The Aspen Institute"

Status quo ante : the United States and its allies / Strobe Talbott -- Collective security and the "new world order" : what role for the United Nations? / Richard N. Gardner -- Nonproliferation regimes in the aftermath of the Gulf War / Antonia Handler Chayes and Abram Chayes -- The postwar balance of power in the Middle East / Martin Indyk -- Shooting an elephant : the expedition and its aftermath / Fouad Ajami -- Oil, the Middle East, and the world economy / Richard N. Cooper -- The unfettered presidency / David R. Gergen -- War by miscalculation / Bernard E. Trainor -- The impact of the Persian Gulf War on military budgets and force structure / Lawrence J. Korb -- Desert Storm and deterrence in the future / William J. Perry -- U.S strategy after the crisis / Bobby R. Inman ... [et al.].