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The Gulf War Chronicles: A Military History of the First War with Iraq Paperback – November 3, 2003

by Richard S. Lowry (Author)

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There is no single source that contains the detailed minute-by-minute description of Operation Desert Storm available in The Gulf War Chronicles. Richard S. Lowry, an accomplished military historian, went to great lengths to compile the most accurate information available about each battle, and even each encounter, of the first war with Iraq. The Gulf War Chronicles is an account of each event, told as if Richard were there with each of the heroes, writing the story as it happened.

Richard started collecting information when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August of 1990. At first, his goal was only to understand what really happened. Conflicting information abounded. Attempting to understand and ascertain the reality of the events, Richard compiled information in so much detail, he amassed volumes of periodicals, books, government reports, and information from the Internet. He collected information from over 100 bibliographical sources.

Over the years, Richard continued to cull through additional information and sources, causing a myriad of updates and rewrites. After the murders of 9-11, he decided it was time to share his research with the world. The product is The Gulf War Chronicles.

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The Gulf War Chronicles is the only complete account of Desert Storm, from the opening moments of the air war to the safe return our POWs.

Why are we having a difficult time in Operation Iraqi Freedom? It is difficult to understand our current situation without understanding the past. How is it that our first victory was so swift? Most believe that we bombed the living daylights out of the enemy and then our ground forces rolled in to do nothing more than collect surrendering Iraqis. In fact, the Iraqis were, and are, a determined foe. Even after weeks of relentless bombing, many Iraqis stood their ground and resisted.

The Gulf War Chronicles is an account of the beginning of America’s struggle against evil in the Middle East. How can we achieve victory without understanding what really happened in our first encounter with Iraq? --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Richard Lowry is an entrepreneur, consultant, military historian, and an eleventh-generation American. He proudly served in the United States Nuclear Submarine Service during the Vietnam War, and participated in the development of the Apache Helicopter's Night Vision System. Richard has lived in Central Florida for the last 22 years.

Paperback: 307 pages
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (November 3, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0595296696
ISBN-13: 978-0595296699
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 18 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,445,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #224 in Books > History > Middle East > Kuwait
- #891 in Books > History > Military > United States > Operation Desert Storm
- #2283 in Books > History > Middle East > Iraq

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Bycusterwolfon September 4, 2013

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Author Richard S. Lowry’s book The Gulf War Chronicles: A Military History of the First War with Iraq, fills in the blanks and answers many questions about Operation Desert Storm 1991. Chronicles starts with his reasons for writing this book and ends with a brief discussion about possible mistakes made by the Coalition after the guns went silent and gives a basic day to day accounting of the war in between. Lowry certainly does the dirty work in digging up the details in this detail oriented, if not stellar read.
Operation Desert Storm was the first real crisis for the United States after the cold war ended. Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, a former ally of the United States, brutally attacked its neighbor Kuwait and destabilized the entire Middle East in fall 1990. Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm was the military reaction to that aggression. Lowry does an excellent job in piecing together the very complex puzzle of a very short but complicated war. Lowry’s Chronicles is an answer to the person that wants to know the details of this war. He notes the perception Operation Desert Storm is one of a vicious prolonged bombing campaign with our tanks and soldiers shooting Iraqis like fish in a barrel. Lowry presents the Iraqi’s in their true form; a large, well-supplied and very capable fighting force that was short of command structure due to nepotism and cronyism of Saddam Hussein. He argues that as the United States had been preparing to fight world war III, the Iraqi’s had become delusional and believed that WW I capabilities would be sufficient as long as they had a large enough army, something akin to the Chinese in Korea.
Lowry also argues that although the Coalition acted in concert with precision and timing, mistakes were made and some coalition partners were not up to standards such as the Italians not being able to refuel their jets in flight which led to complications and missed opportunities. He also argues that a well-executed deception was more than partially responsible for such a one sided victory for the coalition, the most one sided in history according to Lowry. Chronicles is divided into chapters logically based on the evolution of the battlefield and is very well organized and easy to follow and it even has a section at the end of the book with a list of American dead.
Chronicles is a very good, detail oriented read. Lowry although often dry and lacking creativity put together a very informative book that historians and casual readers alike can appreciate. As a veteran of Operation Desert Storm I felt the combination start to tumble as answers to long asked questions began to be answered. Richard S. Lowry is a military historian and the author of New Dawn, The battles for Fallujah, Marines in the Garden of Eden and US Marines in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Five Stars

ByL. Kellyon May 20, 2017

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good history

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Best book on the actual battles

ByMichael Conleyon February 24, 2016

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I was in 3rd Armored Division and must say this is the best book on the war I have read. It is about the battles not the politics. It's day by day accounts are extremely detailed. I learned a lot and it gives a great perspective of the whole war. I cannot give it a high enough recommendation.

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Very informative and full of facts that I was totally ...

ByDaren Ray Mixonon February 15, 2017

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Very informative and full of facts that I was totally unaware of and I served in the Gulf War theater...most descriptive and interesting book written on the Gulf War I've read thus far....

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Very Accurate

ByPC Proon June 26, 2014

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I was in the Gulf War with the Big Red One. I keep a calendar diary while I was there and everything mentioned in the book was right on time and accurate. I learned a lot about what was going outside of my area while I was there. Not having Internet back then kept information flow pretty slow. A great read.