This two-part historiographical article examines many of the key historical books written in English on military operations in the Persian Gulf from 1990 to 1991. Although increasingly viewed, even by historians, as little more than a historical footnote to the tumultuous events in the region after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent invasion of Iraq in 2003, the events of the Persian Gulf War, often referred to by their U.S. operational names Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm , have given us a rich and important literature on its military aspects of the war. The Gulf War was viewed at the time as an important test of U.S. political resolve after the retreat from the wars in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 1970s, and an equally important test of the rebirth of the American military. The article begins with a summary of those operations in the Gulf now twenty-five years in the past. It goes on to review the most important military historical books on the dominant subject of air power in the Gulf in part one and follows that in part two with works on ground operations, naval support, key memoirs, professional military analyses of the events, and general or popular works. Part two will be published in IJHM issue 36–2 and contain a comprehensive listing of the major works discussed. In all, some forty-three major books and over twenty additional works are summarized with an analysis of their contributions to the various debates on the planning and preparation for the war and the key elements of its conduct. This was an important operation that led to deeper U.S. and western involvement in the Persian Gulf region and, ultimately, to a second invasion of Iraq with even more dramatic consequences in 2003.

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沙漠盾牌和沙漠风暴行动（第二部分）

这是由两部分组成的史学文章，回顾了1990年至1991年用英语撰写的有关波斯湾军事行动的许多重要历史书籍。尽管越来越多的人甚至历史学家都将其视为该地区动荡事件的历史脚注，在经历了9/11恐怖袭击和随后于2003年入侵伊拉克之后，经常被其美国作战名称“沙漠之盾”和“沙漠风暴”称为“波斯湾战争”的事件为我们提供了丰富而重要的军事文献战争方面。海湾战争在当时被视为对1960年代和1970年代东南亚战争退缩后美国政治决心的重要考验，也是对美国军人重生的同等重要考验。本文首先总结了过去二十五年来在海湾地区的那些行动。它继续回顾了第一部分中有关海湾地区空中力量主要主题的最重要的军事历史书籍，接着是第二部分中有关地面作战，海军支持，重要回忆录，事件的专业军事分析以及一般或流行作品。第二部分将在IJHM第36–2期中发布，其中包含所讨论主要作品的完整列表。总共总结了约四十三本主要著作和二十多部其他著作，并分析了它们对有关战争的计划和准备及其行为的关键要素的各种辩论的贡献。这是一项重要的行动，导致美国和西方国家进一步参与了波斯湾地区，最终，