The Eagle in the Desert
Looking Back on U. S. Involvement in the Persian Gulf War
William P Head author Earl H Tilford Jr author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:16th Feb '96
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This book reexamines the Gulf War.
This book is a reexamination of the Persian Gulf War by a number of academic and military historians to determine what we did right, what we did wrong, and how our performance could have been improved.
This book is a reexamination of the Persian Gulf War by a number of academic and military historians to determine what we did right, what we did wrong, and how our performance could have been improved. This study addresses the questions: Why did the war happen? Was the Gulf War a vindication of Vietnam? Did the American military really learn anything from the war in Vietnam? Did they really adapt? What did the Allies actually win in the Gulf War, if anything? Finally, have we learned anything from the Gulf War? Some authors conclude that in retrospect many analysts have become convinced that despite its military successes the United States garnered little of worth from the Gulf War. Others believe a great deal was achieved, and some have withheld final judgemISBN: 9780275953973
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 567g
376 pages