What was the significant of the gulf War?

Answer 1

The Gulf War was the first major conflict after the Cold War, in the era of what President Bush called the New World Order. Indeed, the demise of the Soviet Union created the conditions for the Gulf War to take place. Earlier there were upsets in Panama, Haiti, and the Philippines as Free World dictators were overthrown, but these were minor engagements compared to the Gulf War. Without the Soviet Union to police that area of the world, the Western countries, primarily the US and Great Britain, have taken a greater presence there, along with a greater responsibility.