After the Storm: Lessons from the Gulf War

front cover creased. x + 415 pages : 23 cm. Contents: 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 [and others].