| Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War Contributor(s): Atkinson, Rick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395710839 ISBN-13: 9780395710838 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: During the war with Iraq, the Pentagon imposed unprecedented restrictions on the media's access to the battlefield. But Rick Atkinson's Crusade, says the Chicago Tribune, "pierces the Pentagon's veil of secrecy and gives us a first-rate book about how the war was fought". b&w photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Persian Gulf War (1991) |
| Dewey: 956.704 |
| LCCN: 93014388 |
| Physical Information: 1.63" H x 6.18" W x 9.3" (1.69 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 1990's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This definitive account of the Gulf War relates the previously untold story of the U.S. war with Iraq in the early 1990s. The author 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Atkinson, Rick: - Rick Atkinson won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for a series of articles on West Point's Class of 1966, which later became the basis for his best-selling book The Long Gray Line. A veteran staff reporter for the Washington Post, he wrote the Post's lead stories during the Gulf War. |