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Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War

Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War

Hardcover

Series: American Warriors

Military StrategyPersian Gulf War (1991)Weaponry & Vehicles

ISBN10: 0813179203
ISBN13: 9780813179209
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
Published: May 19 2020
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

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.

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