TY  - BOOK
AU  - MIDDUP Luke
TI  - The impact of Vietnam on U.S. strategy in the First Gulf War
PY  - 2010///
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - MILITARY THOUGHT
KW  - MILITARY STRATEGY
KW  - GULF WAR
N2  - During and after the Vietnam War the U.S. Army had to cope with a serious loss of unit cohesion, discipline and morale, and a lack of modern equipment. This article considers how military thinking moved from limited war to the necessity for overwhelming force (the Powell Doctrine), and how the latter affected not just the military but political and public spheres too
ER  -