Certain Victory

Written in a colorful, readable style, "Certain Victory" chronicles the Army's remarkable regeneration in the two decades after Vietnam - the foundation of the Desert Storm victory. Each chapter starts with a compelling personal combat story that puts the conflict into human perspective. A "quick re [...]
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Written in a colorful, readable style, "Certain Victory" chronicles the Army's remarkable regeneration in the two decades after Vietnam - the foundation of the Desert Storm victory. Each chapter starts with a compelling personal combat story that puts the conflict into human perspective. A "quick read" without military jargon, "Certain Victory" brings the civilian reader into battle alongside individual soldiers. A U.S. Army brigadier general at the time, Robert H. Scales, Jr., headed the Army's Desert Storm Study Group. It comprised eight officers - most veterans of the conflict - drawn from different combat specialties and backgrounds. The group's research involved thousands of official documents and hundreds of personal interviews with soldiers from the grade of private to general officer. With a foreword by former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, this is an official US account of the war. It includes first-hand accounts by Iraqi soldiers. It is presented in a first mass market format paperback.