From Shield to Storm: High-Tech Weapons, Military Strategy, and Coalition Warfare in the Persian Gulf

by James F. Dunnigan and Austin Bay

Book Overview

From Shield to Storm is a book by two experts but is not a book for "the experts," though given the dismal performance of many "pre-war expert military analysts" some of them could stand to read it.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688110347
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Good

This book at times was boring, but it is kind of meant to be that way. It's a book on war gaming leading up to the liberation of Kuwait, the politics of how the first Bush administration heroicly gathered a large coalition, the tactics, and execution for victory! It is still worth the read even if your not into military weapons and technology.

Thorough and insightful

This book gives a thorough explanation of the troops and equipment used during the Persian Gulf War and the build up to the war. The authors dig to find the most accurate numbers. Also give expert analysis on the Iraqi army and coalition forces in terms of diplomacy and experience. Also good background on the history of the region. I give the book an A.