US Mechanized Infantryman in the First Gulf War

by Gordon L. Rottman

Osprey's examination of the US Mechanized Infantrymen of the First Gulf War (1990-1991), In many ways the end of the Vietnam War left the US army a spent force. Plagued by low morale, drug and race issues, and terrible public relations, the army faced an uphill climb in the effort to rebuild itself. The story of this reconstruction is mirrored in the rise of the Mechanized Infantryman. Deciding that the key to future conflict lay in highly trained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846034388
• ISBN13: 9781846034381
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 9.7"