The Veteran's Bookstore
| The Gulf War set the stage for US involvement in the Middle East. Clearly, as current events unfold, this conflict may prove significant in our future. |
 Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War
and Other Battles
by Anthony Swofford.
When the U.S. Marines -- or "jarheads" -- were
sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf
War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in
sand for six months; he was punished by boredom
and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on
a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy
and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis
drew near, he was forced to consider what it
means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a
soldier, and a man.
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 Bravo Two Zero
by Andy McNab.
Not only a breathtaking account of the Special Forces raid on Iraqi
scuds during the Gulf War, this is also a story of superhuman
courage, endurance and dark humor in the face of overwhelming
odds. Andy McNab, the most highly decorated soldier in 50 years
of the British Special Forces, tells the story of his patrol.
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 Crusade:The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War
by Rick Atkinson.
Though it lasted only 42 days, the Persian Gulf War transformed the
nature of modern warfare. The author of the bestselling Long Gray
Line interviewed over 500 participants to compile this
behind-the-scenes account of the conflict, weaving individual stories
into a larger narrative.
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 Gassed in the Gulf:
The Inside Story of the Pentagon-CIA Cover-Up of Gulf War Syndrome byPatrick G. Eddington.
Unearthing hundreds of classified documents detailing the locations of Iraqi chemical munitions that were destroyed by American forces after the Gulf War. Eddington shows that tens of thousands of American troops had been exposed to deadly chemical agents.
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 Into the Storm:A Study in Command
by Tom Clancy, Frederick M. Franks (Contributor).
Based on the story of America's greatest military triumph since World War
II -- the victory over Iraq in the Gulf War -- Into the Storm tells us how
leaders learn and grow, and how they forge people, elements and forces
together into a campaign of power and precision. We hear how General
Frederick M. Franks, Jr. commanded the armor and infantry of VII Corps,
the main coalition force that broke the back of Iraq's Republican Guard.
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 Iron Soldiers
by Tom Carhart.
A vivid account of the bloody three-day Gulf War battle in which the
U.S. armored division destroyed Iraq's Republican Guard. "Carhart
takes us far beyond the arrows on a map to show us fear, courage,
and the other complex variables that make war such a mesmerizing
human drama."--Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
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 It Doesn't Take a Hero
by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter Petre.
The general who led the troops who attacked Iraq during the war in the
Persian Gulf discusses his experiences during the Vietnam War, his
personal life, and his beliefs.
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 The Aardvark Is Ready for War : A Novel
by James W. Blinn, Michael Pietsch (Editor)
In the tradition of Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse Five, James Blinn
delivers a tour-de-force black comedy about one man's confrontation
with modern techno-warfare during the Persian Gulf War. Caustic,
disturbing and fiercely funny, The Aardvark Is Ready for War will
earn a place among the great subversive war novels.
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 The Fist of God
by Frederick Forsyth. The author of such classics as The Day of the Jackal returns with a
seamless blending of the real and the imagined, of political
assassination and high-tech military might, set behind the scenes of
the Gulf War. As coalition forces ready for battle against the Iraqi
Army, a Western spy in Baghdad seeks a mysterious traitor named
Jericho, who may hold the key to locating Saddam Hussein's secret
weapon.
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 The General's War:The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf
by Michael R. Gordon.
This inside view of the battle between high U.S. command officers in the
conflict with Iraq is a fascinating and sustained analysis of the friction that
takes place in real warfare. Gordon teams with retired Marine
general Bernard Trainor to record the struggles of the generals of the
combined services in their endeavor to plan and execute the massive
500,000-troop movement that achieved the short and stunning victory over
Iraqi forces.
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