AP 518(L) - Coalition Warfare in Desert Storm

OVERVIEW: Although the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 mandated that the U.S. Department of Defense should make every effort to increase joint activity, it could do little to force an effective means of coalition warfare with international partners. Nevertheless, in the first major U.S. conflict after Goldwater-Nichols, Operation Desert Storm, the United States led a coalition of more than a dozen international partners in the creation and implementation of an aerial war against Iraq. This lecture investigates the special challenges inherent in coalition warfare, and offers suggestions for future coalition efforts.