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JAYHAWK!: THE VII CORPS IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR

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This book is kind of unique since every chapter is basically its own research paper with references given at the end of every chapter. However, the story line flows well and you'll have no regrets reading it from cover to cover. I got this book after I had read "Warrior's Rage" so I jumped to the start of the war and read to the end. While I really liked "Warrior's Rage" this book gives a very different perspective of the same battles and you need both perspectives to really understand what was happening. I have since gone back and read the entire book from the start to finish.

Naturally, there is a lot of military strategy and equipment discussed but I don't see how you could tell the story without the details of how they fought battles at that time.

I believe this is the best account of the whole ground war that I have come across. The entire deployment was explained in a clear, unbiased, detailed view of the VII corps during Desert Shield/Storm. I have read "Warriors rage" and "The road to Safwan", both tell a part of the war from the "Tanker" point of view and are good books. Jayhawk, in my opinion, paints a much better picture and tells about the entire ground war and tells what orders were given to whom and how each unit complied. It was put out by the Department of the Army so there is a bit of "Army language" that would need to be researched if you are a civilian. I was impressed with how Stephen Alan Bourque told how the Iraqi army DID NOT just roll over and surrender (They DID fight), but were rolled over by a much smarter and superior army. This book has many pictures in each chapter and gives a bibliography after each chapter so it is pretty easy reading. GREAT BOOK! WORTH EVERY CENT!