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The Great Tank Battle Of 73 Easting
US Naval Institute Press
September 2009
On Sale: September 1, 2009
288 pages
ISBN: 1591145058
EAN: 9781591145059
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Two stories of leadership, character & competence. One, an
inspirational story of valiant American soldiers, sergeants,
lieutenants & captains who won the Army's largest tank
battle since 1945 in the Iraqi desert. The other, a story of
the failed general officer leadership in Iraq told through
the prism of close combat. On 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. One is the
inspiring tale of the valiant American soldiers, sergeants,
lieutenants, and captains who fought and won the battle. The
other is a story of failed generalship, one that explains
why Iraq's Republican Guard escaped, ensuring that Saddam
Hussein's regime survived and America's war with Iraq
dragged on. Certain to provoke debate, this is the latest book from the
controversial and influential military veteran whose two
previous books, Breaking the Phalanx and Transformation
Under Fire, are credited with influencing thinking and
organization inside America's ground forces and figure
prominently in current discussions about military strategy
and defense policies. Its fast-moving battle narrative, told
from the vantage point of Macgregor's Abrams tank, and its
detailed portraits of American soldiers, along with vivid
descriptions of the devastating technology of mounted
warfare, will captivate anyone with a taste for adventure as
well as an interest in contemporary military history.
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