on the gulf war see
John O'Loughlin, Tom Mayer and Edward S. Greenberg (eds.) Ware and Its
consequences: Lessons from the Persian Gulf Conflict (HarperCollins
1994). (especially the last section on "the war and the international
system).
I think Walter Goldfrank also wrote an interesting paper about the Gulf
War. his email address is wally@cats.ucsc.edu
chris