PAPERBACK BOOK IRON SOLDIERS - HOW AMERICA'S 1ST ARMORED DIVISION CRUSHED IRAQ'S ELITE REPUBLICAN GUARD
By TOM CARHART
ISBN # 0671791656 1994
POCKET BOOKS NON FICTION
FIRST EDITION
325 PAGES
BACK COVER:
IN THE TIMELESS DESERTSCAPE, THE "IRON SOLDIERS" OF THE U.S. ARMY'S 1ST ARMORED DIVISION CHURNED ACROSS THE SAND IN M-1A1 ABRAMS TANKS AND BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLES. THEIR MISSION: TO LEAD DESERT STORM'S LEGENDARY "LEFT HOOK" OR "HAIL MARY" ATTACK - THE BLOODY THREE-DAY BATTLE OF SIXTY-TON MONSTERS THAT ENGAGED AND DESTROYED IRAQ'S MASSIVELY-EQUIPPED REPUBLICAN GUARD.
VIVIDLY CHRONICLED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE THE UNFORGETTABLE PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE 1st ARMORED DIVISION. SEEN THROUGH THEIR EYES ARE THE METICULOUS PREPARATIONS AND RIGOROUS TRAINING EXERCISES, THE FLAMING BATTLEFIELDS, THE STARRY NIGHT SKY, AND THE AWESOME SIGHT OF NINE THOUSAND TRACKED AND WHEELED VEHICLES STEAMROLLING OUT IN FORMATION. THE ACTION CAREENS FROM GENERALS PLOTTING TACTICS INSIDE CRAMPED ARMORED VEHICLES TO ABRAMS TANK CREWS SMOOTHLY LOADING AND FIRING THEIR MONSTROUSLY DESTRUCTIVE MAIN GUNS. AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN TOM CARHART BRINGS TO LIFE THE HEROISM OF THE "IRON SOLDIERS" AND THEIR SPECIAL BRAND OF TANK WARFARE - CARRIED OUT BY THE MOST LETHAL DIVISION IN THE GULF WAR.
I WOULD RATE THIS PAPERBACK BOOK QUALITY AS A 8.5 (GOOD TO VERY GOOD). IT HAS A VERY SMALL TEAR ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER ON THE BACK COVER.
