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The eagle in the desert : looking back on U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War

Author: William P Head; Earl H Tilford
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Eagle in the desert.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996
(OCoLC)605092949
Online version:
Eagle in the desert.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996
(OCoLC)631101495
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William P Head; Earl H Tilford
ISBN: 0275950255 9780275950255 0275953971 9780275953973
OCLC Number: 32778857
Description: xix, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Other Titles: Looking back on the United States involvement in the Persian Gulf War
Responsibility: edited by William Head and Earl H. Tilford, Jr.

Abstract:

"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 others have withheld final judgement."--BOOK JACKET.

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