The Year Felt Around the World
In 1987, the U.S. military didn’t have the worldwide reputation for tactical prowess that it does now. The disastrous hostage rescue attempt in Iran in 1980 still hung like a pall over the four services. So the Pentagon had a lot to prove when a joint task force assembled to protect Kuwaiti oil...
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