Hollow Victory A Contrary View of the Gulf War

Name: Hollow Victory A Contrary View of the Gulf War
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ISBN: 9780028810461

ISBN-10: 0028810465

ISBN-13: 9780028810461

Edition: 1993

Authors: Jeffrey Record

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Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




Looking Back



Was War Avoidable?


Iraqi Desperateness


Kuwaiti Recklessness


American Witlessness


Was Desert Storm Inevitable?



Sanctions, Force, and War Aims


Baghdad's Economic Vulnerabilities


Saddam's Stamina and Time's Perversity


Competing American Objectives



Gauging the Enemy


Prewar Assessments


Cultural Biases


Missing the Worst


Future Iraqs



The Strategic and Operational Setting


Iraq's Isolation


Saudi Arabia's Logistical Cornucopia


Secure Lines of Communication


Saddam's Conventionality


Open Country


More and Better Forces


Time


Exchange Rates



Saddam as Generalissimo


Iraqi Incompetence and American Unpredictability


Thwarting Desert Storm



The Air War


An Airman's Paradise


Strategic versus Tactical


Targeting the Iraqi Economy


Consequences


The Other Services



Of Presidents, Generals, and Service Rivalries


Advice Unsolicited and Given Not


Calling the War Off


Still the Squabbling Services



Lessons, Nonlessons, and Others' Lessons


Lessons Galore


What We Did Not Learn


Lessons Others Can Learn



Pyrrhic Triumph


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index