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Into the storm : a study in command
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399142369
- ISBN: 9780425163085 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0399142363
- ISBN: 0425163083 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xii, 551 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-531). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The quiet lion -- The day before -- Duty -- Cambodia -- Valley Forge -- The rebirth of the army -- Maneuver warfare -- March to the sound of the guns -- Preparing for war -- Coiled spring -- Turn east -- Attack east -- Night combat -- Knockout -- Cease-fire -- Duty in Iraq -- TRADOC and the future of land warfare. |
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| Subject: | Franks, Fred Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Biography Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- United States Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Biography |
| Genre: | Military history. Biographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Elkford Public Library | 956.7043 CLA (Text) | 35170000289918 | Adult Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. John Public Library | 956.704 CLA (Text) | BFSJ036118 | ADULT Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Granisle Public Library | 956.70442 CLA (Text) | 35190000109510 | Adult Non Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Provides an incisive analysis of the the operations and art of modern warfare as seen through the eyes of General Frederick M. Franks, Jr., an armor and infantry commander during the Gulf War and the first amputee active-duty general since the Civil War.
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. -- Random House website.
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. -- Random House website.
