Author Name: Milner, Laurie. Foreword by General Sir Peter de la Billiere.
Title: ROYAL SCOTS IN THE GULF: 1ST BATTALION, THE ROYAL SCOTS, (THE ROYAL REGIMENT) ON OPERATION GRANBY, 1990-1991.
Publisher: Leo Cooper, London, (1994), Ist edition.
Seller ID: 14874
185 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "In telling the story of The Royal Scots Battle Group, Laurie Milner reveals the remarkable single-mindedness and courage of the soldiers of Britain's present-day Army in the face of a numerically superior, well-equipped and well dug-in enemy, whose level of resistance could not be accurately assessed. While the pundits in Britain were judging our Army's likely performance on the peacetime training expediences of BAOR, The Roy a l Scots, Britain's oldest infantry regiment, were carefully preparing their vehicles, weapons and soldiers for war. The extent of their final preparations and potential is chilling. It is little wonder that they won, for they left nothing to ch an ce ." Small bump to top corner of front board, very light browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top/of spine and flap-folds, very light rubbing, a few light line indentations on rear panel. VG/VG
ROYAL SCOTS REGIMENT REGIMENTS OPERATION GRANBY GULF WAR IRAQ
