Shield and sword : the United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War

Provides an analysis of the Navy's vital contribution to victory in the Gulf War. Describes the Navy's carrier and cruise missile strike operations, bombardment of enemy forces in Kuwait by battleships, embargo of enemy oceangoing commerce, and the sealift effort. Details key figures, and candidly evaluates problems that surfaced during the war in interservice relations. Also explores the Navy's actions in the region before the war, and analyzes its role in foreign policy since the war. Includes bandw photos and two-color maps. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Service historians Marolda and Schneller ably depict the role played by US Navy air and surface forces in the 1991 war against Iraq. The authors devote considerable attention to logistics, special operations, and coalition naval forces, and provide the broader strategic context both prior to and after Desert Storm. For instance, they examine the navy's role in redeploying US forces following the Iraqi surrender, aiding the reconstruction of Kuwait, and providing humanitarian aid to rebel Kurds and Shiites in Iraq. The treatment is candid, with an especially keen dissection of the US Navy's failings in mine warfare and in interservice command and control functions. Overall though, the authors are able to paint a navy at the "top of its game." Their analysis is persuasive, and their style readable. The voluminous source citations are alone worth the price of the volume. Highly recommended. M. Muir Jr. Austin Peay State University

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Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Chapter 1. Passage to Desert Shield	p. 3
America and the Persian Gulf in the Early Years	p. 4
Creation and Evolution of Central Command	p. 13
Legacy of the Vietnam War	p. 20
Rebirth of the Fleet and the Maritime Strategy	p. 25
The Tanker War	p. 32
End of the Cold War	p. 40
The Iraq-Kuwait Crisis	p. 43
The Invasion of Kuwait	p. 52
Decision to Intervene	p. 54
Chapter 2. Building the Shield	p. 59
Holding the Line	p. 59
Window of Vulnerability	p. 66
The Naval Command	p. 79
The Embargo	p. 83
Sealift	p. 96
Fleet and Shore-based Logistic Support	p. 102
Shield in Place	p. 110
Chapter 3. The Gathering Storm	p. 111
Over to the Attack	p. 111
Naval Deployments to the Gulf	p. 121
Deployment of the VII Corps and the Phase II Buildup	p. 131
Preparations for War	p. 135
Continuing Operations	p. 146
Life in the War Zone	p. 153
Countdown to War	p. 163
Chapter 4. Attack by Air and Sea	p. 167
The Desert Storm Plan and Composite Warfare Doctrine	p. 167
The Air Campaign: D-Day and D+1	p. 170
Problems of the Air Campaign	p. 183
The Great Scud Hunt	p. 196
Deluge from Above	p. 198
Fleet Defense and the Allied Right Flank	p. 202
Storm in the Northern Gulf	p. 210
Saddam Strikes Back	p. 226
Bubiyan Turkey Shoot	p. 229
Chapter 5. Preparing the Battlefield	p. 233
"First we're going to cut it off, ..."	p. 233
Interdiction	p. 236
Kill Boxes	p. 238
Gauging the Effectiveness of Phase III Air Attacks	p. 241
The Strategic Air Campaign in February	p. 245
The Right Feint	p. 247
Ground Forces Move into Attack Positions	p. 269
Eleventh Hour Measures	p. 274
Chapter 6. The Final Assault	p. 277
Preliminary Operations	p. 277
G-Day	p. 282
Closing on the Iraqi Army in Kuwait	p. 292
Rout of the Iraqi Army	p. 297
An Aerial and Armored Blitz Ends the War	p. 302
Temporary Cease-Fire	p. 304
Chapter 7. After the Storm	p. 307
Defense of Kuwait	p. 307
Safwan	p. 309
The Prisoner Release	p. 312
Reconstruction of Kuwait	p. 314
Postwar Mine Countermeasures	p. 320
Redeployment of Central Command Forces	p. 325
Military Sealift Command Empties the Desert	p. 329
The Welcome Home	p. 331
Reorganization of NAVCENT	p. 334
Enforcing the Peace	p. 337
Chapter 8. Summary	p. 355
Prologue to the War	p. 355
Navy Shortcomings	p. 358
Hardening the Shield	p. 360
Increasing the Pressure on Saddam	p. 362
Gearing Up for Battle	p. 365
Littoral Combat in the Persian Gulf	p. 369
The Air War	p. 369
The Maritime Assault on Kuwait	p. 376
Maintaining Peace and Learning from the Gulf War Experience	p. 381
Abbreviations	p. 387
Notes	p. 393
Bibliography	p. 449
Index	p. 491
Maps
Central Command Theater	p. 6
Indian Ocean	p. 15
Tanker War Operations	p. 34
The Air Assault on Iraq	p. 171
UN Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf, 17 January 1991	p. 177
Iraqi Air Attack in the Gulf, 24 January 1991	p. 206
Naval Operations in the Northern Gulf, 17 January-2 February 1991	p. 211
Kill Boxes in the KTO	p. 239
Desert Storm Mine Clearance Operations	p. 248
Disposition of Iraqi Ground Divisions, 23 February 1991	p. 271
Ground Assault on Southern Kuwait, 24-28 February 1991	p. 278
UN Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf, 24 February 1991	p. 281
Liberation of Kuwait	p. 291
Reopening of Kuwait	p. 321
Tables
1. Iraq's Navy	p. 68
2. NAVCENT Command Structure (18 August to 26 December)	p. 84
3. Navy Special Warfare Forces in Desert Shield and Desert Storm	p. 122
4. Port Security and Harbor Defense Command	p. 124
5. NAVCENT Command Structure (26 December 1990 onward)	p. 139
6. North Arabian Gulf Mine Statistics	p. 324
Illustrations
Guided missile frigate Taylor in the Persian Gulf	p. 4
Aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Suez Canal	p. 5
Oil platforms	p. 10
Nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser California	p. 14
Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr.	p. 21
Guided missile destroyer Coontz and Soviet guided missile cruiser	p. 25
Battleship Iowa tests long-range naval guns	p. 26
SPY-1A radar and other components of Aegis antiair warfare system	p. 29
Reflagged Kuwaiti tankers in Operation Earnest Will	p. 32
Guided missile frigate Stark, hit by Iraqi Exocet missiles	p. 36
Captured Iranian mine layer Iran Ajr	p. 37
American destroyer shells Iranian oil platforms	p. 39
Iranian frigate Sahand burns after hits by Harpoons	p. 39
"Saddam Hussein"	p. 44
General Colin Powell briefs President Bush	p. 55
Antietam, Reasoner, Jouett, and Brewton	p. 60
British destroyer York	p. 62
Muammar al-Qaddafi	p. 63
Marine amphibious vehicle is unloaded from Baldomero Lopez	p. 65
Marines board Military Airlift Command passenger plane	p. 66
Vice Admiral Mauz and Lieutenant General Boomer	p. 71
Armed Sea Raider utility craft patrols Manama harbor	p. 72
Dutch heavy lift ship Super Servant III, Avenger, and Adroit	p. 76
Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon mine countermeasures helicopter	p. 76
P-3 Orion patrol plane	p. 90
Goldsborough sailor trains his 50-caliber machine gun	p. 92
British Royal Marines "fast rope" from Lynx helicopter	p. 93
SEAL Team 8 in training mission	p. 94
M1A1 Abrams main battle tank unloaded	p. 96
A ship prepares to offload military vehicles	p. 99
Sacramento refuels Missouri and Wisconsin	p. 103
Gunner's mates attach cables to a 16-inch shell	p. 104
Hospital ship Comfort	p. 106
Lieutenant Susan Globokar (CEC)	p. 108
Fleet Hospital 5 at al-Jubayl	p. 109
Lieutenant General Charles A. Horner	p. 115
Generals Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell	p. 119
Lieutenant Kelly Franke prepares to board her Sea King helicopter	p. 125
Canadian Commodore Ken Summers	p. 128
Battle Force Yankee	p. 136
Rear Admirals Riley D. Mixson and George N. Gee	p. 140
HMAS Brisbane sailors arm a Phalanx	p. 142
American and Dutch medical personnel	p. 144
"The Ibn Khaldoon Peace Ship"	p. 152
Saratoga chemical drill	p. 155
Iraqi psychological warfare leaflets	p. 158
Navy nurses	p. 159
General Powell welcomed by Wisconsin's sailors	p. 162
Comedian Jay Leno	p. 162
A-7 Corsair II is catapulted from John F. Kennedy	p. 169
Tomahawk land attack missile launch	p. 169
"Tomahawk in Downtown Baghdad"	p. 173
Carrier-based EA-6B Prowler	p. 174
Air-to-surface missile launched by a Corsair	p. 175
High-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM)	p. 176
"A Hornet Stings"	p. 179
Lieutenant Commander Mark Fox	p. 180
Vice Admiral Stanley R. Arthur	p. 182
An Air Force KC-135E and a Navy A-6E refuel Navy EA-6Bs	p. 191
Submarine launched Tomahawk cruise missile	p. 193
Precision guided munitions are readied on deck	p. 195
An E-2C Hawkeye prepares to "catch a wire"	p. 200
Iraqi concrete aircraft shelters	p. 201
Commander John Leenhouts, Executive Officer of VA-72	p. 201
Aegis guided missile cruiser Bunker Hill	p. 204
HMAS Brisbane	p. 210
Ranger refuels HNLMS Jacob Van Heemskerck	p. 212
U.S. Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter	p. 213
"Seizure of the ad-Dorra Oil Platforms"	p. 214
"A Navy LAMPS III Rescues a Downed American Pilot"	p. 215
"The Lynx and Its Prey"	p. 223
"The Liberation of Qaruh"	p. 225
A-6E Intruder launches a Skipper laser guided bomb	p. 228
Iraqi warship under attack during the "Bubiyan Turkey Shoot"	p. 228
An Iraqi FPB-57 lies dead in the water	p. 230
Commanders Richard Cassara and Richard Noble	p. 231
Superstructure of sunken Iraqi naval vessel	p. 232
U.S. psychological warfare leaflet	p. 238
Marine AV-8B Harriers	p. 241
Aerial photo of al-Qaim	p. 243
Beach defenses on the coast of Kuwait	p. 249
Antipersonnel mines and wire entanglements	p. 251
General Al Gray, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps	p. 252
Wisconsin's 16-inch gun shells Iraqi positions	p. 257
Unmanned aerial vehicle	p. 258
Captain Peter Bulkeley chalks a message to Saddam Hussein	p. 259
American sailor on the lookout for Iraqi mines	p. 261
Detonation of an Iraqi sea mine	p. 262
Mine damage to Tripoli	p. 268
Seabee earthmoving equipment	p. 272
The al-Khanjar logistics support site	p. 273
Marine M60A1 mine-clearing tank	p. 282
"A Navy Corpsman and Marine Infantrymen on G-day"	p. 284
Marines move captured Iraqi soldiers to the rear	p. 287
Chinese-made Iraqi HY-2 Silkworm antiship missile	p. 293
Naval medical personnel move a wounded marine	p. 295
Destroyed Soviet-made Iraqi tank	p. 298
Light armored vehicles secure Kuwait International Airport	p. 299
M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks traverse the Iraqi desert	p. 303
Jubilant coalition troops celebrate the liberation of Kuwait	p. 306
"Iraqis on Faylaka Surrender to a UAV"	p. 308
General Schwarzkopf and Saudi General Sultan at Safwan	p. 311
Navy medical personnel tend to Air Force Captain William Andrews	p. 313
Dead Iraqi swimmer	p. 315
Navy EOD diver prepares to destroy a LUGM sea mine	p. 316
British EOD divers return to shore	p. 317
Opening the port of Ash Shuaybah	p. 318
U.S. Army heavy lift vessel Algiers raises a destroyed Iraqi combatant	p. 319
Rear Admiral Taylor briefs the press	p. 323
UN coalition's postwar mine clearance flotilla	p. 323
Cleaned Abrams tanks and plastic-encased Chinook helicopters	p. 326
Honoring of Lieutenants Robert Wetzel, Lawrence Slade, and Jeffrey Zaun	p. 332
Ticker-tape victory parade in New York City	p. 332
Officers of Thomas S. Gates	p. 333
Admiral Kelso confers with Rear Admiral Taylor	p. 335
Kurds' winter encampment near Turkey	p. 337
Amphibious assault ships Wasp and Guadalcanal	p. 339
A Kurdish tent camp in northern Iraq	p. 340
Crewmen of HMAS Darwin prepare to board Iraqi merchant ship	p. 341
Colonel Nasser al-Husainan receives medal	p. 342
U.S.-Kuwaiti combined exercises	p. 345
F-14 Tomcat in Operation Southern Watch	p. 347
F/A-18 Hornet heads for a no-fly zone in Iraq	p. 349
Carrier Nimitz and command ship LaSalle	p. 351

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