Into the Storm: A Study in Command

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INTO THE STORM: A Study in Command by Tom Clancy with General Frederick Franks Jr. 530 pages. G.P Putnam's Sons, NY. 1997. $27.50.

When General Frederick Franks Jr. commanded the US Army's VII Corps in the 1991 Gulf War, he led the largest combined armored corps in battle in US history. In a show of courage, training, leadership and overwhelming firepower, Franks' soldiers hammered Iraq's "elite" Republican Guards divisions into burning wreckage and bloody pulp.

Now, Tom Clancy and Franks have produced "a study in command," a detailed examination of Franks' highly successful command of large armored and mechanized formations on the modem battlefield. This is the first of …