If war is hell, the gulf war was -- for the U.S. anyway -- closer to heck. It was over in 42 days. American forces suffered about 140 casualties. The returning U.S. troops were hailed as heroes. Publishers seized the upbeat, patriotic moment and flooded the market with quickie biographies of America's four-star master of flanking movements and teddy-bear tears, General "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf.
And now comes Bob Woodward, the General Motors of journalistic authors, with his new book, The Commanders (Simon & Schuster; $24.95). This is not just another quickie. Fortified with an advance of undisclosed magnitude, Woodward and his...
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