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Col W. Hays Parks, USMCR. "Rules of Engagement: No More Vietnams.
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Mar91, pp. 27-28.
The author contrasts the 1965-68 Rolling Thunder bombing campaign in
North Vietnam to the planning and management of the air campaign at
the beginning of Desert Storm. He concludes that the only real simiiarity
between the American situation in Vietnam and recent situations in the
Gulf War was enemy treatment of United States and allied prisoners of
war.
Capt J.H. Patton, Jr., USN (Ret). "More Gulf War Lessons." U.S. Naval
Institute Proceedings, Apr91, pp. 52.
Captain Patton presents several more lessons to be learned from the
experience of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf War. A major lesson is
the importance of stealth technology, as shown by the success of stealth
weapons in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He also relates
weapons systems to their costs, and examines the similarities between
desert warfare and naval warfare.
LCdr Michael N. Pocalyko, USN. "Desert Shield: The First Lessons Learned."
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Oct90, pp. 58-59.
A political-military analyst in the Secretary of the Navy's Office of
Program Appraisal presents nine key principals of national military
strategy highlighted by the early phases of Operation Desert Shield.
Col Alfred J. Ponnwitz, USMC. "Survivability and Southwest Asia." Marine
Corps Gazette, Aug91, pp. 36-37.
The author examines the problem of battlefield survivability, as defined
in his August 1989 Marine Corps Gazette article, "Understanding Sur-
vivability." Col Ponnwitz concludes that despite the impressive
successes of Operation Desert Shield, the Marine Corps must continue
to strive to improve battlefield survivability.
Col John R. Pope, USMC. "U.S. Marines in Operation Desert Storm."
Manne Coips Gazette, Jul91, pp. 63-69.
The author summarizes Marine Corps participation in both the air and
the ground campaigns during Operation Desert Storm, from the initial
reconnaissance and repositioning of forces to the liberation of Kuwait.
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