Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf WarHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993 - Всего страниц: 575 A definitive account of the Gulf War told by Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Rick Atkinson. This previously untold story of the US war with Iraq in the early 1990s, Atkinson follows the 42-day war from the first night to the final day, providing vivid accounts of bombing runs, White House strategy sessions, firefights, and bitter internal conflicts. |
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
FIRST NIGHT | 13 |
FIRST DAY | 50 |
AN EVENT IN ISRAEL | 81 |
THE LEFT HOOK | 105 |
DELTA | 140 |
MESOPOTAMIA | 165 |
KHAFJI | 189 |
GDAY | 375 |
ON THE EUPHRATES | 404 |
UPCOUNTRY MARCH | 426 |
LIBERATION | 449 |
CLOSING THE GATES | 469 |
EPILOGUE | 488 |
AUTHORS NOTE | 503 |
NOTES | 523 |
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