Research Catalog

Title

Shield and sword : the United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War / Edward J. Marolda and Robert J. Schneller, Jr.

Author

Marolda, Edward J.

Publication

Washington : Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schneller, Robert John, 1957-

Description

xxi, 517 pages : illustrations, color maps; 25 cm

Subject

• United States. Navy > History > Persian Gulf War, 1991
• United States. Navy
• 1991
• Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Naval operations, American
• Military operations, Naval > American
• Marine
• Golfkrieg 1990-1991
• Kuwaitkriget 1990-1991 > sjöoperationer
• Kuwaitkriget 1990-1991 > flygoperationer
• USA

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Shipping list no.: 99-0022-S.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-490).

Contents

Passage to Desert Shield -- America and the Persian Gulf in the Early Years -- Creation and Evolution of Central Command -- Legacy of the Vietnam War -- Rebirth of the Fleet and the Maritime Strategy -- The Tanker War -- End of the Cold War -- The Iraq-Kuwait Crisis -- The Invasion of Kuwait -- Decision to Intervene -- Building the Shield -- Holding the Line -- Window of Vulnerability -- The Naval Command -- The Embargo -- Sealift -- Fleet and Shore-based Logistic Support -- Shield in Place -- The Gathering Storm -- Over to the Attack -- Naval Deployments to the Gulf -- Deployment of the VII Corps and the Phase II Buildup -- Preparations for War -- Continuing Operations -- Life in the War Zone -- Countdown to War -- Attack by Air and Sea -- The Desert Storm Plan and Composite Warfare Doctrine -- The Air Campaign: D-Day and D+1 -- Problems of the Air Campaign -- The Great Scud Hunt -- Deluge from Above -- Fleet Defense and the Allied Right Flank -- Storm in the Northern Gulf -- Saddam Strikes Back -- Bubiyan Turkey Shoot -- Preparing the Battlefield -- "First we're going to cut it off ..." -- Interdiction -- Kill Boxes -- Gauging the Effectiveness of Phase III Air Attacks -- The Strategic Air Campaign in February -- The Right Feint -- Ground Forces Move into Attack Positions -- Eleventh Hour Measures -- The Final Assault -- Preliminary Operations -- G-Day -- Closing on the Iraqi Army in Kuwait -- Rout of the Iraqi Army -- An Aerial and Armored Blitz Ends the War -- Temporary Cease-Fire -- After the Storm.

ISBN

• 0160494761
• 9780160494765
• 0160498783
• 9780160498787

LCCN

98036937

OCLC

• ocm39695842
• 39695842
• SCSB-1068477

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library