On Strategy II: A Critical Analysis of the Gulf WarA definitive analysis of the military strategy of the Persian Gulf War by the recognized war strategy expert who made frequent appearances on the NBC, CBS, and ABC evening news programs, CNN, and Nightline and the bestselling author of On Strategy. Summers gives the background story of the brilliant success of Operation Desert Storm. |
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User Review - mdobe - LibraryThingSummers' book is primarily concerned with celebrating Operations Desert Shield and Storm. This is hardly, as the title might lead one to believe, a "critical" analysis of the Gulf War. Instead it is ... Read full review
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User Review - RobertMosher - LibraryThingI actually think that this is a better book than his On Strategy volume on the Vietnam War, perhaps because then he was explaining a defeat and in this one is explaining a victory, However, in this ... Read full review
Contents
THE REMARKABLE TRINITY | 5 |
The Vietnam Syndrome and | 22 |
The Vietnam Syndrome and the Military | 44 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | On Strategy II: A Critical Analysis of the Gulf War Dell book Volume 2 of On strategy / Harry G. Summers The Dell war series |
| Author | Harry G. Summers |
| Publisher | Dell, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0440211948, 9780440211945 |
| Length | 302 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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