Desert Redleg : Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War
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| Title: | Desert Redleg : Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War |
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| Description: | When Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, triggering the First Gulf War, a coalition of thirty-five countries led by the United States responded with Operation Desert Storm, which culminated in a one-hundred-hour coordinated air strike and ground assault that repelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Though largely forgotten in descriptions of the war, an eight-day barrage of artillery fire made this seemingly rapid offensive possible. At the forefront of this offensive were the brave field artillerymen known as'redlegs.'In Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War, a veteran and former redleg of the 1st Infantry Division Artillery (otherwise known as the'Big Red One'), Col. L. Scott Lingamfelter, recounts the logistical and strategic decisions that led to a coalition victory. Drawing on original battle maps, official reports, and personal journals, Lingamfelter describes the experience of the First Gulf War through a soldier's eyes and attempts to answer the question of whether the United States'got the job done'in its first sustained Middle Eastern conflict. Part military history, part personal memoir, this book provides a boots-on-the-ground perspective on the largest US artillery bombardment since World War II. |
| Authors: | L. Scott Lingamfelter |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Persian Gulf War, 1991--Artillery operations |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Persian Gulf War (1991), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
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