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Desert Storm - The Gulf War and What We Learned (Hardcover)
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Desert Storm - The Gulf War and What We Learned (Hardcover)
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From Saddam Hussein's first bold threats in 1990 to the stunning
ground phase of Desert Storm in early 1991, the crisis in the Gulf
captured the world's attention. This high-tech, low-cost war was
televised nightly from beginning to end, accompanied by on-the-spot
interpretations of strategy and its implications. But what did we
learn from this crisis? Did the United States bungle its attempts
at discouraging Saddam's aggressive actions, or is deterrence
simply not a reliable foreign policy tool? Are chemical weapons
truly the "poor man's atom bomb"? Does the war represent a good
model for future crises, or did circumstances make this war more of
an anomaly than a precedent? How did the ail-volunteer U.S. force
perform? By combining exciting, detailed vignettes of the crisis
with insightful discussions of its consequences, this book opens up
an informed debate concerning the true military and geopolitical
lessons of the conflict. Representing a distillation of the best
thinking on defense and foreign policy in Washington, Desert Storm
also incorporates the testimony of the inside players during the
crisis-the people who actually planned and fought the war.
Combining academic rigor and in-depth military expertise, the
authors challenge the complacency of the emerging conventional
wisdom regarding the conflict, taking us beyond mere chronicling
and instant analysis to a riveting reenactment of the war and the
serious consideration of its long-term implications.
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