Full name: Into the Storm: A Study in Command

Authors: Tom Clancy, Fred Franks Jr. Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780399142369 9780425196779 0399142363 0425196771

Tom Clancy's latest love-letter to the military-industrial complex focuses on the Army--and Fred Franks, a general who helped smash Iraq in the Gulf War. In this first volume of a series on the intricacies of military command, Clancy traces the organizational success story of the U.S. Army's rise from the slough of Vietnam to the heights of victory in the Persian Gulf. In 1972, the Army lacked proper discipline, training, weapons, and doctrine; all these would be overhauled in the next 15 years. For those readers keen on such nuts and bolts, the book will be fascinating. But the book truly sparkles when Franks tells his story. A "tanker" who lost a foot in the invasion of Cambodia, he is a man of great courage, thoughtfulness, and integrity. One cannot help but wince when a civilian tells him, "You and those boys did that for nothing." And for all the acronyms and military history, that is what this book is about: healing the wounds Vietnam inflicted. "But this time [the Gulf War], it was going to end differently. They all would see to that."In his brilliant, bestselling novels, Tom Clancy has explored the most dramatic military and security issues of our time. Now he takes readers deep into the operational art of war with this insightful look at one of America's most important military engagements in recent years: the Gulf War. Never before has the art of maneuver warfare been explored so incisively and in such rich, provocative detail. Clancy and General Frederick M. Franks, Jr.-commander of the main force that broke the back of the Republican Guard-take us deep inside the war councils and command posts and up to the front lines. They give us a war that few people really knew-and that television never showed. This book is part of the "Commanders" series. Here are some other books from this series: "Shadow Warriors" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Battle Ready" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Every Man a Tiger" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Every Man a Tiger by Tom Clancy Battle Ready by Tom Clancy Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab In the Company of Heroes by Michael J. Durant The One That Got Away by Chris Ryan The Night Stalkers by Michael J. Durant Immediate Action by Andy McNab Imperial Grunts by Robert D. Kaplan Armored Cav by Tom Clancy Crusade by Rick Atkinson Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden The Commanders by Bob Woodward Shadow Warriors by Tom Clancy The Soul of Battle by Victor Davis Hanson The Generals' War by Michael R. Gordon 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson WAR by Sebastian Junger Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz