The Gulf War has been the only conflict in the last half-century
that featured the possible use of chemical-biological weapons
against U.S. forces. Vulnerability to such an attack spurred the
Department of Defense to action from the first hint of trouble in
August 1990 through the end of hostilities in March 1991. Nearly
disbanded in 1972, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps would be the prime
force in ensuring that U.S. forces could both survive and sustain
combat operations under chemical-biological warfare conditions.
Focussing on the work of senior Army officials, this account
assesses the degree of readiness achieved by the ground war's
initiation and the lessons learned since the conflict.
For an appropriately trained and equipped military force,
chemical weapons pose not the danger of mass destruction but the
threat of mass disruption, no more deadly than smart munitions or
B-52 air strikes. This book will reveal a coordinated response to
train and equip U.S. forces did take place prior to the feared
Iraqi chemical and biological attacks. Undocumented in any other
book, it details the plans that rushed sixty Fox reconnaissance
vehicles to the Gulf, the worldwide call for protective suits and
masks, and the successful placement of biological agent detectors
prior to the air offensive. In addition, the work addresses what
really happened at Khamisiyah. Were troops exposed to chemical
weapons and what is behind the mysterious Gulf War Syndrome?
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