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Bandit: The Inside Story of an Abrams Tank Company During Desert Storm
Hardcover
Series: Battles and Campaigns
Military BiographiesPersian Gulf War (1991)Weaponry & Vehicles
ISBN13: 9781985903906
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: Apr 7 2026
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.26
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.36 Depth: 9.22
Language: English
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 was condemned by the United Nations and led to a military coalition of more than thirty countries, spearheaded by the United States and United Kingdom. Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division--better known as Bandit--was one of nearly two hundred American armor and infantry companies that were called to fight. Bandit: The Inside Story of an Abrams Tank Company during Desert Storm tells the tale of the sixty-three soldiers and officers in this army unit.
Author Mark T. Gerges, Bandit's former commander, recounts the company's pre-Gulf War stationing in Germany, the unit's unexpected deployment to Saudi Arabia, and subsequent combat in Iraq. Bandit features a firsthand account of the Battle of Medina Ridge, the largest US tank battle since World War II, and uses journals, letters, and military orders to present a full snapshot of one unit during Desert Storm. Through interviews with soldiers and spouses, Gerges provides an all-encompassing view of the operation, including the costs to those at home.
Bandit closely follows the experiences of those who served with Gerges, providing the human story of a tank company at the end of the Cold War.
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