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Gulf War One: Real Voices from the Front Line
Gulf War One Real Voices from the Front Line Author:Hugh McManners In 1988 Iraq was the region's dominant military power and ambitious to become leader of the Arab world. With missiles and biological and chemical weapons, Saddam's war-experienced army of 260,000 troops and 2,000 tanks met little resistance as they marched into Kuwait. And yet Iraq's defeat at the hands of the coalition forces was the most devas... more »tatingly 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 suffered few 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 Saddam 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" - with combatants from both sides; Kuwait, Iraqi and Saudi citizens; military planners and politicians; and, human shield hostages and Gulf War Syndrome sufferers - allow those both serving and caught up in the war to tell its history in their own words.« less