Gulf War Toolbook (User's Guide)

摘要

This document appears to be the user's guide to a larger document available in amulti-media-based format. Much of what has been written on the specific order of battle during the Gulf War is narrowly focused; that is, no single source adequately reflects the overall order of battle for all the Coalition and Iraqi forces. Laymen and professionals alike need an unbiased, comprehensive source that makes sense of the flood of images and data that resulted from the Gulf War. Students, in particular, have a specific need for a comprehensive, unclassified reference containing basic information on the entire war. An initial attempt to provide this information is contained in two commercial works, 'The Gulf War Fact Book' and 'The Gulf War Order of Battle' (unpublished). Because The Gulf War Fact Book was published so soon after the conflict, it contains some inaccuracies. Perhaps the closest any existing work has come to being complete is the massive DOD Report to Congress; however, due to its size and because it addresses only US military forces, it is not comprehensive. Today, more is known about the Gulf War by more people than any other war in human history. What was the first US aircraft in theater. What forces did the Republic of Korea deploy to the theater. What are the histories of the units involved. What were the significant accomplishments of the major units that fought the war. What were the backgrounds of the bulk of leadership during the war. This ToolBook seeks to answer these questions. The team's overall goal was to fill in holes in the facts as well as the even bigger gaps in understanding. The objective of the research compiles military information on the Gulf War and presents it in a clear, concise, multi-media-based format through the use of the ToolBook authoring software system.