Clancy Tom - Every Man a Tiger: The Gulf War Air Campaign (Commanders)

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PRAISE FOR
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces

by Tom Clancy
with General Carl Stiner (Ret.) and Tony Koltz

Some action vignettes from [Special Forces] roots in WWII and Vietnam rival Clancy fiction. Kirkus Reviews

The plethora of insider history and firsthand operation specifics... will please the historically minded. Publishers Weekly

PRAISE FOR
Into the Storm: A Study in Command

by Tom Clancy
with General Fred Franks, Jr. (Ret.), and Tony Koltz

A ground-level account of the Persian Gulf War.

Los Angeles Times

A damned exciting read... A fascinating blend of a first-person account, a third-person narrative, a compact analysis of military philosophy and warfighting theory, and an absorbing piece of history... There will be somein the future when our army again goes to warwho will take this work to the battlefield as a reminder of how great commanders accomplished the mission.

ARMOR Magazine

Two areas of this book merit special attention and should be mandatory reading for all military officers. Clancys narrative of the army in transition and his chapter on maneuver warfare are superb... What the reader gains from [Frankss] candid admissions is a deep appreciation of the mind of a commander charged with employing 146,000 soldiers and 50,000 vehicles across 120 miles of enemy territory in the face of determined resistance.

ARMY Magazine

Franks manages to tell a good story, offer insights into leadership, and set the record straight.Scripps Howard News Service

NOVELS BY TOM CLANCY

The Hunt for Red October
Red Storm Rising
Patriot Games
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Clear and Present Danger
The Sum of All Fears
Without Remorse
Debt of Honor
Executive Orders
Rainbow Six
The Bear and the Dragon
Red Rabbit
The Teeth of the Tiger

SSN: Strategies of Submarine Warfare

NONFICTION

Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship
Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing
Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit
Airborne: A Guided Tour of an Airborne Task Force
Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier
Special Forces: A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces

Into the Storm: A Study in Command
(written with General Fred Franks, Jr., Ret., and Tony Koltz)
Every Man a Tiger (written with General Charles Horner, Ret., and Tony Koltz)
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces
(written with General Carl Stiner, Ret., and Tony Koltz)
Battle Ready (written with General Tony Zinni, Ret., and Tony Koltz)

CREATED BY TOM CLANCY

Tom Clancys Splinter Cell
Tom Clancys Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda
Tom Clancys Splinter Cell: Checkmate
Tom Clancys Splinter Cell: Fallout

CREATED BY TOM CLANCY AND STEVE PIECZENIK

Tom Clancys Op-Center
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Mirror Image
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Games of State
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Acts of War
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Balance of Power
Tom Clancys Op-Center: State of Siege
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Divide and Conquer
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Line of Control
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Mission of Honor
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Sea of Fire
Tom Clancys Op-Center: Call to Treason
Tom Clancys Op-Center: War of Eagles

Tom Clancys Net Force
Tom Clancys Net Force: Hidden Agendas
Tom Clancys Net Force: Night Moves
Tom Clancys Net Force: Breaking Point
Tom Clancys Net Force: Point of Impact
Tom Clancys Net Force: CyberNation
Tom Clancys Net Force: State of War
Tom Clancys Net Force: Changing of the Guard
Tom Clancys Net Force: Springboard
Tom Clancys Net Force: The Archimedes Effect

CREATED BY TOM CLANCY AND MARTIN GREENBERG

Tom Clancys Power Plays: Politika
Tom Clancys Power Plays: ruthless.com
Tom Clancys Power Plays: Shadow Watch
Tom Clancys Power Plays: Bio-Strike
Tom Clancys Power Plays: Cold War
Tom Clancys Power Plays: Cutting Edge
Tom Clancys Power Plays: Zero Hour
Tom Clancys Power Plays: Wild Card

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DEDICATION

Normally, a book like this would be dedicated to those who paid the ultimate price in the desert; but here a different view is in order. Those of us who deployed were proud to be there; it was an honor to be allowed to participate in the effort to free Kuwait. At the same time, we felt gratitude for the troops who didnt deploy and were supporting us with spare parts and doing the other things that needed to be done back home or at their bases overseas. We were also extremely grateful to the reservists who were activated to man our home basesguarding the gate, or working in the hospitals, or taking care of our families. Most of all, we felt a deep sense of gratitude to the people who supported us so vigorously with mail, cookies, and encouragement. They didnt fully understand why we were in the desert; they sure were concerned about a war and its attendant casualties; but they gave us their love and prayers without reservations.

INTRODUCTION

Ionce observed that fighter pilots are little boys who never really get past the stage of buzzing past little girls on their bikes. I still believe this to be true. But then how does one deal with a general of fighter pilots? All the more so, how does one deal with a professional warrior who has the most elegant and subtle intellectual disguise this side of Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber ?

Well, okay, you need a few things right off. To fly an F-16 fighter plane, you have to have the skills of a concert pianistin fact, you need to know how to play two pianos at once, since all the buttons you use to fight the airplane (thats why its called a fighter) and all the buttons that work the radar, guns, and missiles are located on the stick and throttle quadrant so that you can kill people without having to look down. So, there you are, flying an aircraft that looks and evidently acts like a Chevy Corvette (but in three dimensions), head up, eyes out of the cockpit, looking for some Bad Guy to give a Slammer (AIM-120 AMRAAM missile) to.... Well, just flying the damned airplane isnt all that easywhich is why, as anyone can tell you, one of the differences between a fighter pilot and an ape is that it doesnt cost $1,000,000 to train an ape.