OPERATION DESERT STORM: How Two Young Intelligence Analysts and an Infantry Battalion Changed the War in Iraq

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Chronicles how two young soldiers from the intelligence section of 1-327 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, unlocked an intelligence puzzle none of their higher headquarters recognized. This pivotal discovery occurred after the finalization of the 101st Airborne's plans for attacking into Iraq and altered the direction of Desert Storm. Details narratives and recollections of what happened from soldiers from across the battalion, thereby providing a full view of what occurred and why, from the perspective of soldiers ranging in rank from private to colonel. Also details the process of how the US Army learned from its experiences in Vietnam; made changes; and became a different, structured, and more lethal army in the post-Vietnam era. Contains 50 mono illustrations.