In late 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld summoned the senior military leadership to his office on the E-ring of the Pentagon.
When Charlie Allen saw the satellite photos on the morning of August 1, 1990, he knew that it was time to sound the klaxon. For a week, Allen had been warning that Iraq would probably attack Kuwait, only to be told by most of his colleagues in the intelligence world that Iraqs muscle flexing was a bluff.
Michael R.Gordon and General Bernard E.Trainor provide a definitive,behind-the-scenes account and analysis of the planning and execution of the Gulp War.While one war was being waged against Iraq,another was being fought among the generals themselves. The Generals'War offers unvarnished portraits of the top military commanders,challenges the performances of power,Schwarzkopf,and their generals,…
THIS BOOK IS SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR II, FOR ONLY FROM THE MEN WHO TOOK PART IN IT CAN WE LEARN THE FULL STORY OF THE ECONOMIC WAR AGAINST THE AXIS
India in 1991 witnessed a deepening economic crisis, the tragic end of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty with Rajiv Gandhi's brutal assassination, and a new congres party government tdhat initiated sweeping economic changes. In addition, contributors assess the explosive topic of population control in the world's most populous democracy, consider the roles of the public sector and the middle class, and…