How's this for a research paper topic?
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Check out "Every Man a Tiger" by Chuck Horner and Tom Clancy. Gen. Horner was the commander of the Air War in Desert Storm, as you probably already know. I enjoyed the book quite a bit, and it goes pretty in-depth into the tactics and strategies the US military employed. It might help you out a bit.
And the conclusion of your paper should be something like we won Desert Storm because we went in with maximum force at maximum intensity, whereas in Vietnam we had an "escalating conflict" where we never truly let the military off its leash. For far too long we were trying to keep from upsetting Russia & China and weren't utilizing our military anywhere near its full potential. At least, that was the conclusion of the paper I wrot a couple years ago on why we lost Vietnam.
And the conclusion of your paper should be something like we won Desert Storm because we went in with maximum force at maximum intensity, whereas in Vietnam we had an "escalating conflict" where we never truly let the military off its leash. For far too long we were trying to keep from upsetting Russia & China and weren't utilizing our military anywhere near its full potential. At least, that was the conclusion of the paper I wrot a couple years ago on why we lost Vietnam.
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Clausewitz said it best:
"There is only total war. Escalating wars between states will go to extremes as one tries to overcome the other, thus making it a total war with more casualties."
"There is only total war. Escalating wars between states will go to extremes as one tries to overcome the other, thus making it a total war with more casualties."
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here is the preliminary list of sources I will use:
Cohen, Eliot A. “The Mystique of U.S. Air Power.” Turning Point: The Gulf War and U.S. Military Strategy. Ed. L Benjamin Ederington and Michael J. Mazarr. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. 53-64.
Cushman, John H. “Implications of the Gulf War for Future Military Strategy.” Turning Point: The Gulf War and U.S. Military Strategy. Ed. L Benjamin Ederington and Michael J. Mazarr. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. 79-101.
Dunnigan, James F. and Austin Bay. From Shield to Storm :Hhigh-tech Weapons, Military Strategy, and Coalition Warfare in the Persian Gulf. New York: W. Morrow, 1992.
Freedman, Lawrence and Efraim Karsh. The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993.
Johnson, Maxwell O. “The Role of U.S. Military Force in the Gulf War.” The Persian Gulf War: Lessons for Strategy, Law, and Diplomacy. Ed. Christopher C. Joyner. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1990. 127-137.
Kahin, George M. and John W. Lewis. The United States in Vietnam. New York: Dial Press, 1969.
Keegan, John. “The Ground War.” Turning Point: The Gulf War and U.S. Military Strategy. Ed. L. Benjamin Ederington and Michael J. Mazarr. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. 65-78.
McNaugher, Thomas L. “U.S. Policy and the Gulf War: A Question of Means.” The Persian Gulf War: Lessons for Strategy, Law, and Diplomacy. Ed. Christopher C. Joyner. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1990. 111-123.
Menarchik, Douglas. Powerlift – Getting to Desert Storm: Strategic Transportation and Strategy in the New World Order. Westport: Praeger, 1993.
Mortensen, K.G. Vietnam: Target for 1972 Blitzkrieg. Kilda, Australia: Gerald Griffin, 1972.
Son, Truong. Five Lessons of a Great Victory (Winter 1966 – Spring 1967). Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing, 1967.
Cohen, Eliot A. “The Mystique of U.S. Air Power.” Turning Point: The Gulf War and U.S. Military Strategy. Ed. L Benjamin Ederington and Michael J. Mazarr. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. 53-64.
Cushman, John H. “Implications of the Gulf War for Future Military Strategy.” Turning Point: The Gulf War and U.S. Military Strategy. Ed. L Benjamin Ederington and Michael J. Mazarr. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. 79-101.
Dunnigan, James F. and Austin Bay. From Shield to Storm :Hhigh-tech Weapons, Military Strategy, and Coalition Warfare in the Persian Gulf. New York: W. Morrow, 1992.
Freedman, Lawrence and Efraim Karsh. The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993.
Johnson, Maxwell O. “The Role of U.S. Military Force in the Gulf War.” The Persian Gulf War: Lessons for Strategy, Law, and Diplomacy. Ed. Christopher C. Joyner. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1990. 127-137.
Kahin, George M. and John W. Lewis. The United States in Vietnam. New York: Dial Press, 1969.
Keegan, John. “The Ground War.” Turning Point: The Gulf War and U.S. Military Strategy. Ed. L. Benjamin Ederington and Michael J. Mazarr. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. 65-78.
McNaugher, Thomas L. “U.S. Policy and the Gulf War: A Question of Means.” The Persian Gulf War: Lessons for Strategy, Law, and Diplomacy. Ed. Christopher C. Joyner. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1990. 111-123.
Menarchik, Douglas. Powerlift – Getting to Desert Storm: Strategic Transportation and Strategy in the New World Order. Westport: Praeger, 1993.
Mortensen, K.G. Vietnam: Target for 1972 Blitzkrieg. Kilda, Australia: Gerald Griffin, 1972.
Son, Truong. Five Lessons of a Great Victory (Winter 1966 – Spring 1967). Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing, 1967.
