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CERTAIN VICTORY (M): The U.S. Army in the Gulf War (History of War) Paperback – Bargain Price, October 30, 2006

by Jr. Scales, Robert H. (Author)

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Written in a colorful, readable style, Certain Victory chronicles the Army’s remarkable regeneration in the two decades after Vietnam–the foundation of the Desert Storm victory. Each chapter starts with a compelling personal combat story that puts the conflict into human perspective. A “quick read” without military jargon, Certain Victory brings the civilian reader into battle alongside individual soldiers. With a foreword by former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan.

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A U.S. Army brigadier general at the time, Robert H. Scales, Jr., headed the Army's Desert Storm Study Group. It comprised eight officersâmost veterans of the conflictâdrawn from different combat specialties and backgrounds. The group's research involved thousands of official documents and hundreds of personal interviews with soldiers from the grade of private to general officer.

Series: History of War
Paperback: 434 pages
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. (October 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1597970093
ASIN: B0046LV17K
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Customer Reviews: 5 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,495,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #999 in Operation Desert Storm Military History
- #4830 in Iraq War History (Books)
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WSV1975

Certain Victory is an excellent history of Americas war in the desert

February 19, 2018

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Excellent review of Americas war in the desert! General Scales has not only written an excellent, careful history, he has made it very readable and available to the layman without much knowledge of history and the military. Thank you for this excellent work of history.

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Mark T. Sorna

Good Book - Lots of useful information

December 2, 2005

Format: Paperback

This book was required reading for a class I took on the Gulf War. It has a lot of good information written in an easy to understand format. It begins with a brief history of the U.S. military since Vietnam and explains the evolution in training, equipment, and doctrine since Vietnam.

The book also keeps you entertained with accounts of different battles at the begining of each chapter. This is a good book for those interested in getting a history of the Gulf War from the perspective of the US Army.

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K.Schneider

Desert Storm

December 8, 2010

Format: Paperback

Gen Scales deliveres the good in his book "Certain Victory". It is a first rate first class book on Desert Storm and all it flaws and back round histroy needed to give the ready a 100% understanding of the war .

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Justin James Mccorkle

Bad, bad, bad.

April 12, 2004

Format: Paperback

Certain Victory, The Offical US Account of the the first gulf war, is a long treatise on the support and command and control efforts that went into the war, sprinkled with details of the combat operations. The book, written by Brigadier General Robert H. Scales and his staff is a poorly written, but well intentioned, attempt to convey the meaning of the work and planning that went into the war. Robert H. Scales planning and staff details are interesting, if not informative, however given the immense amount of history crammed into the first few chapters, this book does have some value to those interested in one mans perspective on the evolution of the modern army. If Robert Scales other books are anything like this one I would only recommend them to someone who is not looking for a good read but mearly searching for a book on a military reading list to tire through, this book could have been written in about a hundred and fifty pages, it is filled with drab and unexciting language. For anyone looking for an unbiased and factual history of the first Persian Gulf War I would recommend they skip this staff propaganda and instead read Rick Atkinson's Crusade, The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War . By contrast it is a thoughtful and accurate account written by a distinguished author, unbiased by the reaction of others to his work. Not only is this book more accurate and insightful, it is also fun to read.

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Very informative

September 19, 2002

Format: Paperback

Scales' book holds very true to it's title: The U.S. Army in the Gulf War. The contributions of other services are analyzed (and criticized) only in relation to their support of the US Army. I think anyone studying the Gulf War should read this book, but should also supplement it with other works.

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