TY - BOOK AU - Tovy,Tal TI - From Desert One to Desert Storm: Operation Eagle Claw as a critical movement T2 - Critical moments in American History SN - 9781003351290 AV - UA34.S64 PY - 2025/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - United States KW - Army KW - Special Forces KW - History KW - 20th century KW - U.S. Special Operations Command KW - Special forces (Military science) KW - Historiography KW - Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980 KW - Influence KW - Persian Gulf War, 1991 KW - HISTORY / Military / United States KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century N1 - The Road to the Critical Moment: U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Years after Vietnam -- Disaster at Desert One: The Critical Moment -- From Iran to Grenada: The First Steps in Trying to Recover from the Critical Moment (1980-1983) -- From the Desert to the Promised Land: The Legislative Process for Creating a New Command for SOF -- The End of the Beginning: SOF in Combat (1987-1991) N2 - "This book recounts the history of the United States Special Operations Forces (SOF) after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, examining the events that led to and followed a series of organizational and operational reforms in the American military system. With thoughtful analysis and supplementary primary source documents, From Desert One to Desert Storm: Operation Eagle Claw as a Critical Movement is a useful resource for courses on American military history, the Cold War, and the United States and the Middle East"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003351290 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -