Desert Storm air war : the aerial campaign against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War / Jim Corrigan.
| Author/creator | Corrigan, Jim author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017] |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | xviii, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. Desert Shield -- Seeds of crisis -- Deployment -- Turbulence -- Instant thunder -- Black hole -- Part II. Desert Storm -- Leading edge -- First in -- Attack of the machines -- Bogeys and bandits -- Luck runs out -- Low level -- Basra raid -- Pain and suffering -- Package Q -- Eagles go hunting -- Great Scud hunt -- Search and rescue -- Desperation -- Bag of tricks -- Taking shelter -- Khafji -- Preparing the battlefield -- Kill box -- Missteps -- Close calls -- Part III. Airpower in the ground war -- Left hook -- Twenty-three tanks -- Missiles and misfortune -- Waning hours -- Vague victory. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2017019816 |
| ISBN | 9780811717762 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0811717763 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DS79.744 .A47 C67 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |