| Abstract [eng] |
Every political clash leaves a trace in World history. The conflict between Iraq and Kuwait in the end of XX century is not the exception. Amid growing tension between the two Persian Gulf neighbors, Saddam Hussein concluded that the United States and the rest of the outside world would not interfere to defend Kuwait. On August 2, 1990, Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait and quickly seized control of the small nation. Within days, the United States, along with the United Nations, demanded Iraq’s immediate withdrawal. U.S. and other UN member nations began deploying troops in Saudi Arabia within the week, and the worldwide coalition began to form under UN authority. On January 16, 1991, Allied forces began devastating bombing of Iraq and its forces in Kuwait. The Allied bombing sought to damage Iraq’s infrastructure so as to hinder its ability to make war while also hurting both civilian and military morale. Unfortunately, Allied air strikes and cruise missile attacks against Iraq proved more devastating than expected. When the Allied armies launched the ground war on February 23, the Iraqi occupation forces in Kuwait were already beaten. On March 3, 1991, Iraq accepted the terms of the cease-fire and the fighting ended. So the object of master‘s work has been the evaluation of the role, substantiality and particularity of political leaders during the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990 – 1991. The goal has been to point out the connection between the expression of political leadership and the conflict in the Gulf. Main tasks are as follows: to point out the peculiarity of political leadership with reference to the functions and main features of political leaders; to dispute the political tendencies of the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait; to define the concept of crisis situation; to reveal the importance of political leaders’ practice, actions and receivable decisions; to highlight the conflict in the Gulf and to emphasize its significance to further development of World history. Master’s work consists of 3 Chapters. Chapter 1 deals with behavior and individual peculiarities of political leaders. It focuses on the above mentioned aspects as basic ones in the conflict and reveals different viewpoints on means of solving the crisis situation. In Chapter 2 the specific character of political leaders was illustrated with the focus on their underway functions. Providing information from different channels, communication strategies and means depending on crisis situation objectives has been discussed. In Chapter 3 main features of political leadership, control of the conflict and acceptance of decisions have been discussed. Different viewpoints and evaluations of the political leaders presented, with the focus on more detailed research of solving the problem in Persian Gulf. Influencing the effectiveness individual and outside factors, on the basis of which action strategies are being formulated. Document analysis, descriptive and historical research methods helped to come to the conclusion that political leaders signally influenced the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990 – 1991. After the results attained, it became evident that substantiality of political leaders and their determined alterations considerably influenced the World history. |
