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Into the Storm: A Study In Command
Clancy's later stuff has held little fascination and much disappointment for me. This departure, however, into semi auto-biographical work (I know that he did something similar with Chuck Horner) was, for me, particularly revealing along the lines of Shek's offer here.
Franks' own post-Vietnam experience impressively mirrored the Army's own re-birth. That he was a combat-arms officer and an astute student of battle added credibility to insights regarding the renovation and expansion of the Army's education and training base during the twenty years between 1971-1991.
I felt that Franks largely portrayed the angst existing between Schwartzkopf and himself appropriately when describing events leading up to ODS. He was balanced and not particularly pre-occupied with the surrounding debate, it seemed.
A very introspective and intellectual commander. Sorta reminds me of Hermann Hoth a bit. Easy to underestimate in a beguiling, grand-fatherly type of way.
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