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The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991 / Gregory Fontenot.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fontenot, Gregory, 1949- author.
- Series:
- American military experience series.
- American military experience series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Regimental histories--United States.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (587 pages).
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
- Summary:
- This fast-paced and compelling read closes a significant gap in the historiography of the late Cold War U.S. Army and is crucial for understanding the current situation in the Middle East. From the author's introduction: "My purpose is a narrative history of the 1st Infantry Division from 1970 through the Operation Desert Storm celebration held 4th of July 1991. This story is an account of the revolutionary changes in the late Cold War. The Army that overran Saddam Hussein's Legions in four days was the product of important changes stimulated both by social changes and institutional reform. The 1st Infantry Division reflected benefits of those changes, despite its low priority for troops and material. The Division was not an elite formation, but rather excelled in the context of the Army as an institution."
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Coming home
- Victory in the Cold War
- Saddam Hussein moves south
- Getting there : planes, trains, and the Jolly Rubino
- Heading for the badlands
- Alarums and excursions : first contact with the enemy
- Cue the curtain : first battles and battlefield preparation
- Once more into the breach
- The march up country
- Fright night : the attack on Objective Norfolk
- Go for the blue : the way home
- Safwan and home
- Epilogue : you left your mark.
- Notes:
- "Published in cooperation with the First Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, Illinois"--Page before title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-498) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780826273765
- 0826273769
- OCLC:
- 982471593
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