A no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled account of the most high-tech war ever fought. General Sir Peter de la Billiere, Britain’s Gulf War commander, vividly describes the build-up to conflict – the political wrangling in Whitehall and the troops’ dismay at Margaret Thatcher’s ousting, the ferocity of the air war, designed to minimize Allied casualties, and the superb performance of Britain’s Desert Rats as they helped defeat Saddam Hussein’s much-vaunted army in under one hundred hours….. But it is also about superb leadership and teamwork.