Road to Baghdad: Behind Enemy Lines: The Adventures of an American Soldier in the Gulf War by Stanton, Martin - 2003

NY: Ballantine Books, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the book, ""Iraq's Gulf War had begun--and in the Kuwait City Sheraton, overlooking the entire western part of town, the United States had an army officer sitting in the front row. As bullets smacked into the hotel's facade, Stanton wasted no time grabbing his international calling card and phoning in intelligence reports to his superiors. He noted the arrival of the first tanks and their strategic deployment--to places with the most shade--as well as the Sheraton's transition from hotel to Iraqi military headquarters. From the top floor of the hotel, Stanton would scour the surrounding streets with his binoculars, then descend to the lobby, where he'd lounge around the door of the Iraqi command post's map room--conveniently and comfortably converted from the Sheraton's conference room--gleaning what he could. Without a doubt, the Pentagon had scored a major coup..."" Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition.