The Eagle in the Desert: Looking Back on U. S. Involvement in the Persian Gulf War

by William P. Head and Earl H. Tilford Jr.

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275950255
• ISBN13: 9780275950255
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"