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Crusade by Rick Atkinson

Crusade

The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War

Rick Atkinson

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 19, 1994

A definitive account of the Gulf War told by Pulitzer Prize–winning correspondent Rick Atkinson.

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Who it’s for
A focused war-history read with a strong sense of staging and forward motion.
Genres
Persian Gulf War (1991), Iraq History, U.S. Military History
Published
HarperCollins, October 19, 1994

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About this book

A definitive account of the Gulf War told by Pulitzer Prize–winning correspondent Rick Atkinson. This previously untold story of the US war with Iraq in the early 1990s, Atkinson follows the 42-day war from the first night to the final day, providing vivid accounts of bombing runs, White House strategy sessions, firefights, and bitter internal conflicts.

War, Unspooled

A focused war-history read with a strong sense of staging and forward motion.

Come here for

  • Persian Gulf War framing
  • plainspoken, sustained narrative

Expect

  • category-search clarity
  • page-by-page immersion

Where it sits

Persian Gulf War (1991)100%
Iraq History50%
U.S. Military History44%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Iranian History
  • Iraq History
  • Military History
  • Persian Gulf War (1991)
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  • Iraq War (2003-2011)
  • Political Philosophy
  • International Relations
  • American Government
Authors
Rick Atkinson
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 19, 1994
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Iranian History