| Description |
1 online resource (130 pages) : color illustrations, photographs |
| Series |
Modern Warfare |
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Modern warfare (Pen and Sword)
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Desert Shield; Chapter 2: Saddam in the KTO; Chapter 3: Desert Storm; Chapter 4: Saddam's Fist; Chapter 5: Saudi Counter-attack; Chapter 6: Obliterating Saddam's Navy; Chapter 7: Desert Sabre; Chapter 8: Desert Rats; Chapter 9: The Highway of Death; Chapter 10: The Basra Pocket; Chapter 11: The Reckoning; Epilogue; Suggested Further Reading |
| Summary |
Each stage in the Gulf War, the liberation by American-led UN forces of Iraqi-occupied Kuwait in 1990-91, is vividly described in this photographic history. Over 180 photographs provide a remarkable visual account of Operation Desert Storm in the air, at sea and on land, and they show the vast array of military equipment deployed by both sides. Anthony Tucker-Jones, who worked at the time as an analyst for British Defence Intelligence, describes the armed forces that were ranged against each other, in total over a million troops, over 7000 armoured vehicles, 4600 artillery pieces, and thousand |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2014) |
| Subject |
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Pictorial works
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781473837089 |
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1473837081 |
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9781473837300 |
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1473837308 |
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