The a military history Murray, Williamson. creator Scales, Robert H. 1944- Joint Author. text bibliography mau Cambridge, Mass Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2003 monographic eng

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312 p., [48] p. of plates : col. ill., col. maps ; 22 cm. "The Iraq War puts the recent conflict into context. Drawing on their extensive military expertise, the authors assess the opposing aims of the Coalition forces and the Iraqi regime and explain the day-to-day tactical and logistical decisions of infantry and air command, as British and American troops moved into Basra and Baghdad. They simultaneously step back to examine long-running debates within the U.S. Defense Department about the proper uses of military power and probe the strategic implications of those debates for America's buildup to this war. Surveying the immense changes that have occurred in America's armed forces between the Gulf conflicts of 1991 and 2003 - changes in doctrine as well as weapons - this volume reveals critical meanings and lessons about the new "American way of war" as it has unfolded in Iraq."--BOOK JACKET. Williamson Murray, Robert H. Scales, Jr. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- ap----- a-iq--- Persian Gulf War, 1991 United States DS79.724.U6 M874 2003 956.7044 MUI 0674012801 (alk. paper) 2003056668 DLC 030710 20201101121602.0 4196039