The Fires of Babylon: Eagle Troop and the Battle of 73 Easting

by Mike Guardia

Book Overview

As a new generation of main battle tanks came on line during the 1980s, neither the US nor USSR had the chance to pit them in combat. But once the Cold War between the superpowers waned, Iraq's Saddam Hussein provided that chance with his invasion of Kuwait. Finally the new US M1A1 tank would see how it fared against the vaunted Soviet-built T-72. On the morning of August 2, 1990, Iraqi armored divisions invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. The Iraqi...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612002927
• ISBN13: 9781612002927
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"