Into the Storm: On the Ground in Iraq
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....
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425216569 (042521656X)
Publish date: May 1st 2007
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Pages no: 656
Edition language: English
This was my first introduction to Tom Clancy, and remains my favorite book. The opening chapter is Clancy at his best: terrorists attack and destroy an oil refinery in the Soviet Union. This forces the Soviets to essentially launch an offensive against the rest of the world to secure their energy fu...
War is not really my thing, but this was gripping and believable. Long though.
Frankly, this is Tom Clancy's magnum opus. If you're going to read only one Clancy novel, read this one.
It was an amazing book when it came out, considering the period. I read it while serving in the military and I had walked, driven or flown over most of the W. German battlefields in here. At the time, the technology was cutting edge but not now. I'd be interested to know if someone reading it for ...