This has been prepared by the team which teaches the British soldier about military strategy and warefare - the War Studies Department at the Royal Academy, Sandhurst. The Sandhurst lecturers were amongst the first to be briefed about the Gulf War by those who set the strategy and carried it out. They have incorporated this knowledge into their lectures to RMA cadets but readers of this book can share the information accumulated by the team in this intriguing evaluation of the build up to the war, the air, land and sea elements of it, and how the media affected our understanding of it and public reaction to it. The treatment of the subject is designed to be informed but readable in style rather than academic. It is aimed both at the general reader and at military personnel.