buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) (05/22/91)
From: Tony Buckland <buckland@ucs.ubc.ca> Applying current U.S. military policies, what kind of schedule can we expect the detailed story of Desert Storm to be released on [sorry for the terminal preposition]? I have in mind the kind of analytical account I can find in public libraries now regarding WWII battles like Kursk, with maps, units, casualties, intelligence sidelights, performance of the weapons, breathless moments in the command bunkers, etc. [Pet Peeve: Don't say "censorship" when you mean "secrecy"! The former is preventing the press from publishing what it knows, the latter is keeping anyone from finding out. I think you'll see some stuff immediately, and other accounts stretched over the next 20-50 years. There may never be accurate casualty counts of the Iraqi forces, given the (wholly justified) repugnance of CENTCOM for the body count nonsense of the Vietnam era. --CDR]