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The first oral history of the Gulf War brings the conflict vividly to life through interviews with everyone from the former British Prime Minister, John Major, to the tank regiments who fought there In 1988 Iraq was the region’s dominant military power and ambitious to become leader of the Arab world. Saddam Hussein’s war-experienced army were known to have used biological and chemical weapons in the past, and when 260,000 troops and 2,000 tanks crossed into Kuwait they met little resistance. Yet Iraq’s defeat at the hands of the coalition forces was the most devastatingly efficient in military history. It was the first war fought over a resource: oil. The UK committed 43,000 troops to this new "high tech" war, and initially expected high casualties. Yet on the Iraqi side, uncounted thousands of soldiers were killed, many poorly trained conscripts. Returning coalition soldiers have since found themselves dogged by health problems, likely caused by the new technologies that proved so effective in battle. Iraqi power was diminished, but Hussein was allowed to remain in power, laying the scene for the protracted suffering of the Iraq invasion over a decade later. Hugh McManners' original interviews for Gulf War One provide a compelling picture and explode many myths of how this war was carried out, and why. From military planners and politicians, to ordinary soldiers and Gulf War Syndrome sufferers, both those serving and those caught up in the war tell its history in their own words. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Oral histories work very well as a medium for writing about war. They remind you that war is chaotic, that it draws hundreds of thousands of people into its maw, and that there will never be any single authoritative history on something so complex. This is particularly true of the Gulf War, which was politically ambiguous and poorly reported, being the first modern "media-managed" conflict.
Good stuff. An essential companion to any straightforward historical account. More than once have I read something elsewhere, perhaps a sweeping statement from a former cabinet minister or a confident proclamation from a general, and then been able to reflect that it couldn't possibly be quite true - purely having read this. ( )