Storm Command. A Personal Account Of The Gulf War

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1992
Edition: First Edition

Description: 348 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: `My primary aim in writing this book is to demonstrate the importance of individual human beings in modern warfare. In the battle to drive the Iraqi army out of Kuwait, Coalition forces used every form of high-technology weapon available; yet in the end success depended on the performance of individuals, whether they were pilots, divers, tank drivers, mechanics, engineers, cooks, radio operators, infantrymen, nurses or officers of all ranks. It was these ordinary people who, at the end of the day, were going to put their lives on the line and risk their neck when their Government decided to go to war.' Gen. Sir Peter de la Billiere show more

ISBN: 9780002551380