RECENT RELEASES

* "The Rape of Kuwait," by Jean P. Sasson, Knightsbridge. $4.95.

* "Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf," by Judith Miller and Laurie Mylroie, Times Books. $5.95.

* "How to Defeat Saddam Hussein," by Trevor N. Dupuy, Curt Johnson, David L. Bongard and Arnold C. Dupuy, Warner. $4.95.

* "Armageddon, Oil, and the Middle East Crisis," by John F. Walvoord, Zondervan. $8.95.

* "Desert Shield Fact Book," by Game Designers' Workshop, GDW. $10.

* "Weapons of Desert Storm," by Walter J. Boyne, Publications International/Signet. $7.95.

OTHER READING

* "From Beirut to Jerusalem," by Thomas L. Friedman, Anchor Doubleday. $12.95.

* "A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914-1922," by David Fromkin, Avon. $14.95.

* "Republic of Fear," by Samir al-Khalil, Pantheon. $12.95.