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Together they shattered what had been the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force, and overturned conventional military assumptions about the effectiveness and value of air power. In this book, author Richard P. Hallion, one of the world's foremost experts on air warfare, explains why Desert Storm was a revolutionary victory, a war won with no single climatic battle. Instead, victory came thanks to a rigorously planned campaign, which opened with a devastating night of attacks that shattered Iraq's advanced air defence system, and allowed follow-on strikes in the subsequent weeks to savage Iraq's military infrastructure and troops in the field – largely by destroying capabilities and equipment, without massive loss of life. When the Coalition tanks finally rolled into Iraq, to widespread Iraqi surrenders, it was less an assault than an occupation. The rapid victory of Desert Storm , which surprised many observers, led to widespread military reform as the world's advanced militaries saw the new capabilities of precision air power. The military world that we live in today reflects, to a large degree, the transformation of military power heralded by the air campaign of the 1991 Gulf War.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781472846969","publication_date":"20220215","publisher":"Osprey","slug":"desert-storm-1991","subtitle":"The Most Shattering Air Campaign in History","title":"Desert Storm 1991"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"HIS027040","confidence_band":"high","label":"Persian Gulf War (1991)","score":0.8898,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027320","confidence_band":"high","label":"Military Aircraft","score":0.8471,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027140","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Military Aviation","score":0.806,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"HIS027040","confidence_band":"high","label":"Persian Gulf War (1991)","score":0.8898,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027320","confidence_band":"high","label":"Military Aircraft","score":0.8471,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027140","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Military Aviation","score":0.806,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"HIS027040","confidence_band":"high","label":"Persian Gulf War (1991)","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027110","confidence_band":"high","label":"U.S. Military History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027140","confidence_band":"high","label":"Military Aviation","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Persian Gulf War (1991)","score":0.8898,"slug":"persian-gulf-war-1991"},{"label":"Military Aircraft","score":0.8471,"slug":"military-aircraft"},{"label":"Military Aviation","score":0.806,"slug":"military-aviation"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy Persian Gulf War (1991)","Good for fans of Aviation","Good for readers who enjoy Persian Gulf War (1991) and Military Aircraft."],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Peter E. 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