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The 1st Infantry Division and the US Army transformed : road to victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991 / Gregory Fontenot, Colonel United States Army, retired.

Author: Fontenot, Gregory, 1949- author.

ImprintColumbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2017]

Descriptionxxxiii, 526 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Note:Preface -- Introduction -- Coming home -- Victory in the Cold War -- Saddam Hussein moves south -- Getting there : planes, trains, and the Jolly Rubino -- Heading for the badlands -- Alarums and excursions : first contact with the enemy -- Cue the curtain : first battles and battlefield preparation -- Once more into the breach -- The march up country -- Fright night : the attack on Objective Norfolk -- Go for the blue : the way home -- Safwan and home -- Epilogue : you left your mark.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-498) and index.



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Author:
Fontenot, Gregory, 1949- author.
Title:
First Infantry Division and the US Army transformed
Road to victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991
Series Statement
The American military experience series
Subject:
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Campaigns.
Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Contributor
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st History.
United States. Army Reorganization.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
American military experience series.