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.Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War (Warriors)
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by: William L. Smallwood

2005-05
This is an briliant book, even if you don't like the A-10 (which I love). It tells that story of how a ugly, slow plane became a swan during the Gulf War. You get an understanding of how it must have been to fly the Hog, on missions it wasn't designed for. As I said earlier, if you have just the smallest interest in aviation, you have to read this book, and if you like the A-10 - well then you MUST read this book.
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.The One That Got Away: My SAS Mission Behind Iraqi Lines (Memories of War)
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by: Chris Ryan

2006-04
Before i write this revew i have to say that i am a modern warfare fanatic and have read books like 'Black Hawk Down' by Mark Bowden,'Bravo Two Zero' by Andy Mcnab,'3Para' by Patrick Bishop and Countless other Fictional Books by Andy Mcnab and Chris Ryan, anyway get to the point this book is one of the best of them and probally equally gripping as 'Black hawk down' when i first read this book i thought he was downright over confident but at the end I truelly beleaved he had the right to be confident seeing as he survived Terrible Conditions,No food,No water (apart from little amounts and some that had nuclear waste in it) and the end i thought how in earth did he survive just how i felt about some of the people involved in Black Hawk down
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.Strike Eagle: Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War (Warriors)
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by: William L. Smallwood

2005-05
This is an unbelievably enjoying book. It really shows that the fighter pilot role is not easy. An excellent supplement to this book is the combat sim Janes F-15. As you can gain the terminology that will translate both ways. Also you will understand the F-15E's complicated radar, and the load put on the pilots
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.Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot ("Aviation Week" Book)
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by: Keith Rosenkranz

July 01, 2002
This book gave me a great in site into how things are done in the real word through a real pilots mind. There are some great and really interesting parts - particularly the flight over from the USA to the UAE in the small cockpit of the F-16! The letters and thoughts he has for his wife and two young daughters are genuinely moving. I also loved The chapter called "Mission from Hell" when the skies were saturated with ground fire and missiles of all kinds.


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.The Gulf War 1991 (Essential Histories)
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by: Alistair Finlan

May 30, 2003
This book gave me a great in site into how things are done in the real word through a real pilots mind. There are some great and really interesting parts - particularly the flight over from the USA to the UAE in the small cockpit of the F-16! The letters and thoughts he has for his wife and two young daughters are genuinely moving. I also loved The chapter called "Mission from Hell" when the skies were saturated with ground fire and missiles of all kinds.


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.Looking for Trouble: SAS to Gulf Command - The Autobiography
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by: Peter De La Billiere

September 15, 1994
General Sir Peter De La Billière ranks amongst the greatest of post-World War Two British military commanders. He served in every conflict from Korea to the first Gulf War and ended that career as a full General with two Knighthoods (Knight Commander of the Bath and Knight Commander of the British Empire - the latter of which superseded the CBE awarded previously) a DSO, two MCs and a Legion of Merit. He was in charge of the British special forces who so successfully stormed the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980 bringing swiftly to an end that very public siege. In 1990 he was the British Forces commander under General Norman Schwarzkopf in the first Gulf War. It is interesting to note that he failed Staff College (a pre-requisite qualification for higher military ... Read More:
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.The Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf
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by: Michael R. Gordon, General Bernard E. Trainor, Bernard E. Trainor

November 09, 1995
I found the book the be more of an unvarnished look than most. The specials aired by the History Channel and PBS regarding the Gulf War seem to utilize a great deal of input from Gen. Trainor and his competence in his area of expertise speaks for itself.

I read the book within 4 days of receiving it and found it to be interestingly written, even though it is dealing with a historical matter.
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.Storm Command: Personal Account of the Gulf War
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by: Peter De La Billiere

September 14, 1992
One to save for those long deployments or exercises. A good account of the first gulf war from a well respected squaddie.
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.Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar (Cambridge Middle East Library): Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar (Cambridge Middle East Library)
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by: Jill Crystal

January 27, 1995
One to save for those long deployments or exercises. A good account of the first gulf war from a well respected squaddie.
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.Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War
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by: Anthony Swofford

March 17, 2003
Many people believe the film version of this book isn't worth waching but I believe that by both watching the film and the book, everything become perfect sense.
The book talks about a person's extraodinary experience during the first gulf war in operation desert storm and shield.
Reading this book deeply decribes how your mind mentality dramatically changes when you enter a war zone.
The book is not what you would call action packed but you still understand the experiences of what a war does to a soldier.
I love this book and so deeply reccomend this to any war book reader.
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