Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm
- ISBN-10
- 0788178652
- ISBN-13
- 9780788178658
- Category
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Pages
- 390
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- Richard Moody Swain
Description
Provides an account, from the point of view of the U.S. Army forces employed, of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait to the withdrawal of coalition forces from southeastern Iraq. It focuses on the Army's part in this war, particularly the activities of the Headquarters, Third Army, and the Army Forces Central Command (ARCENT). It looks especially at the activities of the VII Corps, which executed ARCENT's main effort in the theater ground force schwerpunkt -- General Schwarzkopf's "Great Wheel." This is not an official history; the author speaks in his own voice and makes his own judgments. Maps.
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