Publisher Description

This official account of the crisis in the Persian Gulf traces the Canadian Forces' commitment to the Gulf region in response to Iraqi aggression in 1990-1991. A co-publication with the Department of National Defence.

Author Biography

Major Jean Morin, of the Royal 22nd Regiment, was the official historian attached to the Canadian theatre headquarters.Richard H. Gimblett is command historian of the Canadian Navy and past president of the Canadian Nautical Research Society. A former serving officer, he is a contributor to volume 1 of the official history of the Royal Canadian Navy (1867-1939), and edited and contributed to The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010: The Centennial Story. He lives in Ottawa.

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