Gulf War One Real Voices from the Front Line The Truth from Those Who Were There

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出版社: Ebury Publishing
2011-06
ISBN: 9780091936013
定价: 106.40
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 400页
正文语种: 英语
  • ThefirstoralhistoryoftheGulfWarbringstheconflictvividlytolifethroughinterviewswitheveryonefromtheformerBritish?PrimeMinister,JohnMajor,tothetankregimentswhofoughtthere?In1988Iraqwastheregion’sdominantmilitarypowerandambitioustobecomeleaderoftheArabworld.SaddamHussein’swar–experiencedarmywereknowntohaveusedbiologicalandchemicalweaponsinthepast,andwhen260,000troopsand2,000tankscrossedintoKuwaittheymetlittleresistance.YetIraq’sdefeatatthehandsofthecoalitionforceswasthemostdevastatinglyefficientinmilitaryhistory.Itwasthefirstwarfoughtoveraresource:oil.TheUKcommitted43,000troopstothisnew"hightech"war,andinitiallyexpectedhighcasualties.YetontheIraqiside,uncountedthousandsofsoldierswerekilled,manypoorlytrainedconscripts.Returningcoalitionsoldiershavesincefoundthemselvesdoggedbyhealthproblems,likelycausedbythenewtechnologiesthatprovedsoeffectiveinbattle.Iraqipowerwasdiminished,butHusseinwasallowedtoremaininpower,layingthescenefortheprotractedsufferingoftheIraqinvasionoveradecadelater.HughMcManners'originalinterviewsforGulfWarOneprovideacompellingpictureandexplodemanymythsofhowthiswarwascarriedout,andwhy.Frommilitaryplannersandpoliticians,toordinarysoldiersandGulfWarSyndromesufferers,boththoseservingandthosecaughtupinthewartellitshistoryintheirownwords.
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    ThefirstoralhistoryoftheGulfWarbringstheconflictvividlytolifethroughinterviewswitheveryonefromtheformerBritish?PrimeMinister,JohnMajor,tothetankregimentswhofoughtthere?In1988Iraqwastheregion’sdominantmilitarypowerandambitioustobecomeleaderoftheArabworld.SaddamHussein’swar–experiencedarmywereknowntohaveusedbiologicalandchemicalweaponsinthepast,andwhen260,000troopsand2,000tankscrossedintoKuwaittheymetlittleresistance.YetIraq’sdefeatatthehandsofthecoalitionforceswasthemostdevastatinglyefficientinmilitaryhistory.Itwasthefirstwarfoughtoveraresource:oil.TheUKcommitted43,000troopstothisnew"hightech"war,andinitiallyexpectedhighcasualties.YetontheIraqiside,uncountedthousandsofsoldierswerekilled,manypoorlytrainedconscripts.Returningcoalitionsoldiershavesincefoundthemselvesdoggedbyhealthproblems,likelycausedbythenewtechnologiesthatprovedsoeffectiveinbattle.Iraqipowerwasdiminished,butHusseinwasallowedtoremaininpower,layingthescenefortheprotractedsufferingoftheIraqinvasionoveradecadelater.HughMcManners'originalinterviewsforGulfWarOneprovideacompellingpictureandexplodemanymythsofhowthiswarwascarriedout,andwhy.Frommilitaryplannersandpoliticians,toordinarysoldiersandGulfWarSyndromesufferers,boththoseservingandthosecaughtupinthewartellitshistoryintheirownwords.
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