Into the Storm, by Tom Clancy with General Fred Franks, Jr. Published in paperback by Pan Books, (£7.99)

For more than a decade, Tom Clancy has explored the military and security issues of our time in a series of memorable novels.

Thrillers such as The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger have topped the best-seller lists and become some of cinema's biggest blockbusters.

With Into the Storm, Clancy takes us into the operational heart of war, as seen through the eyes of some of America's outstanding military leaders.

Based on the story of the American military triumph over Iraq in the Gulf War, this shows how our leaders forge people, elements and forces into a campaign of power and precision.

Here the art of warfare is explored in incisive and provocative detail with the aid of General Fred Franks, Jr - the commander of the main force that broke the back of the Republican Guard.

Complete with maps, diagrams and photographs, this analysis takes us deep inside the war councils and command posts and up to the front lines, presenting us with a war that few people knew and television never showed.