Certain Victory The U. S. Army in the Gulf War

Name: Certain Victory The U. S. Army in the Gulf War
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ISBN: 9781597970099

ISBN-10: 1597970093

ISBN-13: 9781597970099

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert H. Scales

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Written in a colorful, readable style, "Certain Victory" chronicles the Army??'s remarkable regeneration in the two decades after Vietnam???the foundation of the Desert Storm victory. Each chapter starts with a compelling personal combat story that puts the conflict into human perspective. A ???quick read??? without military jargon, "Certain Victory" brings the civilian reader into battle alongside individual soldiers. With a foreword by former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan.

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List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 434
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr., U.S. Army (Retired), brings perspective as head of the army's team of Gulf War historians and chief author of Certain Victory, the army's official postwar analysis of that conflict. He has also served as Commandant of the Army War College and, most recently, is author of Yellow Smoke: The Future of Land Warfare for America's Military.




Forging a New Army



Desert Shield



Plotting the Campaign



Shaping the Battlefield



The Great Wheel



Restoring Calm After the Storm



Continuity and Change


Epilogue


Chronology of Events


Selected Bibliography


Glossary


Index