Episode 266 GEORGE H.W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 7) A United Arab Front

George H.W. Bush 1991 The Gulf War

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As we approach the eve of the August 10, 1990, Arab League Summit; I thought this a good time for us to go back, with the help of the PBS Documentary series "Frontline", to the summer of circumstances that led to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. So, we will relive the summer months prior to the invasion as we listen to the "Frontline: The Gulf War" Documentary sum up the issues between Iraq and Kuwait that escalated into the invasion. How Saddam Hussein mislead Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who in turn assured President Bush that an invasion was not imminent.
Then we will listen in on a Documentary on Former Secretary of State James Baker, as he describes going to the Soviet Union and bringing them into the coalition which in a lot of ways marked the true end of the Cold War.
All of this while tensions mount and the world moves closer to war, and the United States starts negotiating with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, to move more than 200,000 United States Military troops to the Persian Gulf to insure that Iraq will not make moves toward any other neighbors in the region.
Then we will go to the coverage of the Arab League Summit where the Arab Nations stand with the United States against the aggression of Saddam Hussein against Kuwait. It is a united Arab League, with just a couple of hold outs.
We want to recognize "The Gulf War by Frontline" a documentary on the war, we used a long segment for this podcast to go through how the war started, and we recognize "James Baker President-Maker Real Stories " Documentary for the use of the long segment from their documentary as well. Links to both documentaries are provided in the chapters. The use of these documentary segments was for educational purposes and we claim no copyright to those materials or the use of any other materials in our broadcasts .

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فصول

1. Desert Shield Report August 10, 1990 Israel plans to defend itself - New Zealand News (00:00:00)

2. Intro Music (00:02:28)

3. Host Randal Wallace talks about the build up to the invasion of Kuwait (00:02:51)

4. The Gulf War - Frontline Documentary on PBS (00:04:11)

5. James Baker President - Maker Real Stories - Segment on dealing with the Soviet Union (00:27:21)

6. The Gulf War - Frontline Documentary on PBS (00:30:53)

7. NBC News August 11, 1990 Newscast , New Zealand TV (00:32:30)

8. Desert Shield report August 11, 1990 Reel 9, Arab Meeting ITN TV (00:35:25)

9. Desert Shield Report August 13, 1990 Reel 10 Troops going to Saudi Arabia (00:37:44)

10. Desert Shield Report August 13 Reel 11 ABC News coverage , New Zealand TV (00:43:11)

11. Desert Shield Report August 13, 1990 Reel 12 New Zealand TV (00:45:48)

12. Desert Shield Report August 13, 1990 reel 13 , New Zealand TV (00:49:24)

13. Host Randal Wallace sums up the situation (00:52:27)

14. MT 978 Press Conference Crisis in the Gulf August 14, 1990 George H. W. Bush Press event (00:53:41)

15. Closing theme (01:02:47)