From the Fulda Gap to Kuwait : U.S. Army, Europe and the Gulf War / by Stephen P. Gehring.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gehring, Stephen P., 1945-

Contributor:

John Penman Wood Fund.

Series:

CMH pub ; 70-50.

CMH pub

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army, Europe and Seventh Army.

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Regimental histories.

Persian Gulf War, 1991.

United States. Army, Europe and Seventh Army--History--20th century.

United States.

Regimental histories.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 377 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dept. of the Army, 1998.

Summary:

Describes how the United States Army, Europe, under the command of General Crosbie E. Saint, supported the coalition's armed response to the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. The author credits effective planning and preparations in the late 1980s for USAREUR's successful transition in 1990 from a basically static heavy force focused on the defense of Europe to a smaller mobile heavy force capable of deploying rapidly for contingency operations anywhere in the European Command's area of responsibility. The author examines in depth how USAREUR planned, assembled, prepared, and deployed its personnel, equipment, and war reserves to the Persian Gulf to stop and reverse Iraqi aggression, providing the decisive armored units and firepower that proved so critical to the success of coalition operations in Southwest Asia. He also covers contingency and logistical planning, the programs to support the residual community in Europe, and the subsequent redeployment and force reduction.

Contents:

Introduction

Background

Early Southwest Asia support

Planning a major USAREUR role in Southwest Asia

Deployment of VII Corps

Additional deployments and sustainment

The home front

Redeployment

Appendix A: HQDA requests by October 1990 for USAREUR units in January and March 1991 rotations

Appendix B: USAREUR units deployed with VII Corps

Appendix C: CINCUSAREUR deployment order 22

Appendix D: Reserve component units serving in USAREUR

Notes

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gehring, Stephen P., 1945- From the Fulda Gap to Kuwait.

ISBN:

0160493854

9780160493850

OCLC:

37987113