Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War - Hardcover

Atkinson, Rick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395602904 ISBN 13: 9780395602904

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1999

Synopsis

Integrating interviews with individuals ranging from senior policymakers to frontline soldiers, a look at the Persian Gulf War shows how the conflict transformed modern warfare

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Review:

"Exhaustive, albeit consistently absorbing, record of the 42- day Gulf War that offers fresh, often startling, perspectives on the planning and conduct of what the author characterizes as ``a brilliant slaughter.'' Focusing almost entirely on military operations, Pulitzer- winning Washington Post correspondent Atkinson (The Long Gray Line, 1989) provides a chronological account of how the US-led coalition liberated Kuwait." Kirkus Reviews

From the Author:

Appreciation of reader comments
I very much appreciate the generous and shrewd comments posted by several readers. I also must agree that information has emerged since CRUSADE appeared in 1993 that would have informed the book. On the other hand, it seems to me that the recent confrontation with Iraq confirmed much of my analysis of five years ago. At any rate, a grateful author says 'thanks' to the many diligent readers who have written to me over the years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0395602904
• ISBN 13: 9780395602904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 575