General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets--the forces of a dozen nations--during Desert Shield and D
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English Pages xi, 564 pages: illustrations, maps Year 2008;1999
Table of contents :
I: Into the wild blue --
Every man a tiger --
The big lie --
The vision of Bill Creech --
II: Shield in the sky --
Mission to Jeddah --
CENTCOM forward --
Planning the storm --
Band of brothers and sisters --
III: The thousand-hour war --
Storm! --
Hits and misses --
Lost and found --
Punch and counterpunch --
A day in the war --
The ten percent war --
Shock and awe --
Final thoughts: building coalitions.