LEADER 02882nam 2200625 a 450 001 9911021980203321 005 20240513213248.0 010 $a1-283-04959-7 010 $a9786613049599 010 $a1-61251-003-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061197 035 $a(EBL)665837 035 $a(OCoLC)707067927 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488300 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12193907 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488300 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10450346 035 $a(PQKB)11418083 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC665837 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL665837 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10454920 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304959 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061197 100 $a20090709d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWarrior's rage $ethe great tank battle of 73 Easting /$fDouglas Macgregor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAnnapolis, Md. $cNaval Institute Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59114-505-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Introduction; one Unfinished War; two Getting Ready for the Fight; three This Is Going to Be Bad; four But We've Already Seized the Objective!; five Why Are We Stopping?; six Closing with the Enemy; seven Action Front!; eight Danger Close!; nine My God, It Looks Like Armageddon!; ten Squandering Victory; Postscript; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index 330 $aOn 26 February 1991, cavalry troops of "Cougar Squadron," the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, charged out of a sandstorm during Operation Desert Storm and caught Iraq's Republican Guard Corps in the open desert along the North-South grid line of a military map referred to as the "73 Easting." Taken by surprise, the defending Iraqi armor brigade was swept away in salvos of American tank and missile fire in what became the U.S. Army's largest tank battle since World War II. Douglas Macgregor, the man who trained and led Cougar Squadron into battle, recounts two stories. On 606 $a73 Easting, Battle of, Iraq, 1991$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $a73 Easting, Battle of, Iraq, 1991$xInfluence 606 $aPersian Gulf War, 1991$xTank warfare 606 $aCommand of troops 615 0$a73 Easting, Battle of, Iraq, 1991 615 0$a73 Easting, Battle of, Iraq, 1991$xInfluence. 615 0$aPersian Gulf War, 1991$xTank warfare. 615 0$aCommand of troops. 676 $a956.7044/242 700 $aMacgregor$b Douglas A$01383431 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911021980203321 996 $aWarrior's rage$94429386 997 $aUNINA