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.

Includes all-new chapters on Operation Enduring Freedom."--Cover. Includes maps of: Theater Attack Positions, 23 Feb; Iraqi (Enemy) Positions, 24 Feb; Battle for Snoul, 5 May 1970; Battle Theater in Comparison to the Eastern United States; VII Corps Plan of Attack; VII Corps Rehearsal, Movement to Attack Positions, 16-18 Feb; VII Corps Plan for 24 Feb; VII Corps Graphic Control Measures and Battlefield Distances between Phase Lines (PL); VII Corps Actual Positions, Midnight, 24 Feb; 1st (UK) Armored Division Passing through 1st Infantry Division; VII Corps Actual Positions, Midnight, 25 Feb; VII Corps Plan for 26 Feb; Double Envelopment Plan for 28 Feb; VII Corps Actual Positions, Midnight, 26 Feb; Actual Positions, 27 Feb; Positions at Time of Cease-fire Announcement; Final Positions, 28 Feb.