Into the Storm: On the Ground in Iraq

Into the Storm: On the Ground in Iraq

First edition
Author	Tom Clancy
Language	English
Series	Study of Command
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date	1997
Publication place	United States

Into the Storm (1997) is a non-fiction history book and the first book in American author Tom Clancy's study of command series.^[1] Clancy traces the organizational success story of the U.S. Army's rise since the Vietnam War.

It is also a partial biography of General Frederick M. Franks, Jr., who is considered to be a military visionary and a distinguished combat commander, famous for having led the Gulf War coalition VII Corps in the highly successful "Left Hook" maneuver against fourteen Iraqi divisions of the Iraqi Republican Guard, forcing a retreat with fewer than 100 American casualties lost to enemy action — a feat unmatched in modern warfare.

The book also describes the transformation of the U.S. Army, traumatized by the Vietnam War, and Franks' devastating loss of a leg in that war. Franks became the first amputee active-duty general since the American Civil War.

The book is mostly written by Tom Clancy with sections where he uses General Franks' own words.

• Booknotes interview with Clancy and Franks on Into the Storm, July 13, 1997, C-SPAN