Cordesman Anthony. U.S. Forces in the Middle East: Resources and Capabilities

Routledge, 2020. — 155 p. — ISBN 0-8133-3245-1; ISBN 0-8133-3246-X; ISBN 13: 978-0-367-21248-3.This volume provides the first detailed military analysis of the trends in U.S. forces contingency capabilities since the end of the Gulf War, the impact of the Bush administration's "Base Force" policy, and the Clinton administration's "Bottom Up Review" of current U.S. contingency capabilities. It examines U.S. capabilities in the Gulf through the year 2001.