The Gulf War prepared the U.S. for quick deployment and agile response in a number of different combat zones—a role that was increasingly required of the only remaining global “superpower.” The first of these was Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq, a humanitarian relief effort to mitigate the effects of Saddam Hussein’s attempt to crush the Kurds, some of his own country’s people. In this discussion you will consider the role of the U.S. military in various humanitarian and combat missions around the world.
After the Desert Storm operation, the U.S. and U.N. forces were drawn into a series of “policing actions” around the world—from Somali to Serbia, Haiti and Kosovo.
Identify some of the changes in the United States’ and United Nations’ philosophies and attitudes toward military intervention that drove the participation of troops in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations.
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