Left Hook: The 24th Infantry Division in Operation Desert Storm

"The largest armored assault since the Second World War took place on the desert sands of the Middle East in early 1991. The campaign was Operation Desert Storm. The mission was to oust Iraqi forces from their illegal military takeover of their neighbor, Kuwait. Left Hook is the story of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division in that fight. Major General Barry McCaffrey, perhaps America's best fighting general since World War II's George Patton, led the division. McCaffrey and his senior commanders had been shaped by their service in Vietnam, years earlier. They vowed such a tragedy would not happen again. Left Hook is their story. Just as importantly, it is the story of the junior officers that grabbed hold of awesome responsibility, the sergeants who took soldiers through grueling combat under treacherous conditions, and most especially, it is the story of the brave soldiers who fought that fight"-- Provided by publisher.