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. 8-page insert.
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West Pointer and Vietnam veteran Carhart has written an excellent combat narrative in the classic mode. It covers the record of the U.S. First Armored Division in the Persian Gulf War. While clearly trying to honor the division's genuine achievements, Carhart does not overlook failures of both equipment and the human element. He also includes memorable scenes of soldiers and their families in Germany, where the latter had to hold the fort while the former went off to the Middle East. Even though he focuses on a single division, Carhart adds considerably to our knowledge of the war and of the revived American army. Roland Green
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Iron Soldiers: How America's 1st Armored Division Crushed Iraq's Elite Republican Guard (Paperback)
While I was looking for a story on ground combat during the Gulf War, I was a bit dissapointed to see much of the book spent on the preparations in Germany before the division shipped out. Not a bad book, but not what I was looking for.
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Iron Soldiers is hard hitting, very true with accurate facts,
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This review is from: Iron Soldiers: How America's 1st Armored Division Crushed Iraq's Elite Republican Guard (Paperback)
Iron soldiers is intersting reading that tells the true story of the First Armored Division in combat with Iraq's Republican Guards. Tom Carhart writes as if he was there during the combat misssions. He has exact information and details that describe many personal events about the prepration, deployment, and battles. He highlights and explains the fear and concerns of some of the leaders as they prepare to leave Germany. I almost relive the Gulf War when I read Iron Soldiers. I was a First Sergeant with the Alpha Company 54th Engineer Bn at Wildflecken Germany and my company was attached to the 2nd Brigade 1AD during the Gulf war. Any soldier who was in the ground war should read this book. I believe that they will relate to it and get satisfaction in knowing that we did our job well. First Sergeant William E. Miller (Retired)
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iron soldiers,
By kenneth mohr (eagle grove iowa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Iron Soldiers: How America's 1st Armored Division Crushed Iraq's Elite Republican Guard (Paperback)
was with 6-6 inf. as a brad. commander in c. co. found the book very accurate, right down to the detail of the falling out between iron mike and col. meigs who is now the cinc in usaeur. very good book and very accurate as to the battles we fought.
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