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Gen. Fred Franks commanded VII Corps during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He was severely criticized by Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Central Command Commander-in-Chief (CINCCENT), in It Doesn't Take a Hero, for the slowness of the Corps' attack. Into the Storm is "the rest of the story."
Fred Franks is an outstanding example to emulate. He was severely wounded in Vietnam and lost a leg. He persevered, enduring physical and mental hardship to achieve the highest active rank in the Armed Forces and to shape the future of the U.S. Army as the commander of the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). His story is an interesting one and Clancy does it justice.
This is the first of four Clancy works with Gulf War commanders. In addition to this being a biographical sketch of General Franks, it is also the story of the Airland Battle concept; deploying a corps for war; planning the operational level warfight; corps tactics and the VII Corps Gulf War experience. The Corps is the senior fighting element of the Army. It is the operational level of war where the national security objectives (ends) translated into military objectives (ways) have the resources (means) applied to achieve success....