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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 256
Utgivningsdatum: 1993-07-01
Förlag: Praeger Publishers Inc
Illustrationer: index
Dimensioner: 238 x 161 x 19 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 1 Hardback
ISBN: 9780275945282

This is the first personal account of a division in combat during Operation Desert Storm. It is an inside view of the French Division Daguet, which had the task of defeating a dug-in Iraqi Regular Division, taking a critical airfield and road junction, and protecting the entire left flank of the 18th Airborne Corp during the allied sweep to the left. The Daguet, made up of hard-hitting Foreign Legion and Marine units, achieved all of their objectives. General Norman Schwartzkopf described their actions as superb. This memoir tells the story of the Division Daguet and concludes that the French, like the Americans, had much to overcome--major defeats and national crises of confidence. The French had suffered defeats in Indochina (1946-1954) and Algeria (1954-1962); the U.S. had Vietnam. Both countries, fighting together, did much to wipe out those memories. Military historians, military professionals, and those interested in the Gulf War will find this personal, but highly informed, account fascinating. Cooke won a Bronze Star for his services in the Gulf.

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.,."Written by a trained historian and an active participant in the war, [this book] represents one of the best personal accounts of Desert Storm and is one of the first personal accounts of the ground war from a non-American perspective. Professor Cooke's book...will remain as one of the best individual histories of a division at war for the forseeable future."-Armor

JAMES J. COOKE, Professor of History at the University of Mississippi, has been a Visiting Professor of Military History at the Air War College. He has written or edited six books and has published many articles on the Middle East, on colonialism, and on military matters. He served as a military intelligence officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel with the French in Desert Storm, winning a Bronze Star.

Introduction: Crisis in the Gulf The Line in the Sand Haute Cusine and the French Army Fighting the Iraqis As Salman Interlude Epilogue: Folding the Tents Index