Battle Ready (Study in Command)

Clancy, Tom

ISBN 10: 0399151761 / ISBN 13: 9780399151767

Published by Putnam Adult, 2004

About this Item

Signed 1st edition, 1st printing, Putnam hardcover w/ DJ, 2004. Book is VG, w/ clean text, tight binding; very light edge/corner wear to boards. DJ is VG, w/ some edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips). Signed and inscribed by co-author General Tony Zinni on half-title page. Free delivery confirmation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Battle Ready (Study in Command)
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399151761
• ISBN 13: 9780399151767
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 25 ounces
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In his first three Commanders books, Tom Clancy teamed with Generals Fred Franks, Jr., Chuck Horner, and Carl Stiner to provide masterful blends of history, biography, you-are-there narrative, insight into the practice of leadership, and plain, old-fashioned storytelling. Battle Ready is all of that-and it is also something more.

Marine General Tony Zinni was known as the "Warrior Diplomat" during his nearly forty years of service. As a soldier, his credentials were impeccable, whether leading troops in Vietnam, commanding hair-raising rescue operations in Somalia, or-as Commander in Chief of CENTCOM-directing strikes against Iraq and Al Qaeda. But it was as a peacemaker that he made just as great a mark-conducting dangerous troubleshooting missions all over Africa, Asia, and Europe; and then serving as Secretary of State Colin Powell's special envoy to the Middle East, before disagreements over the 2003 Iraq War and its probable aftermath caused him to resign.

Battle Ready follows the evolution of both General Zinni and the Marine Corps, from the cauldron of Vietnam through the operational revolution of the seventies and eighties, to the new realities of the post-Cold War, post-9/11 military-a military with a radically different job and radically different tools for accomplishing it. It is an eye-opening book-a front-row seat to a man, an institution, and a way of both war and peace that together make this an instant classic of military history.

About the Author

Tom Clancy is the author of thirteen novels, most recently The Teeth of the Tiger, and the Commanders books Into the Storm, Every Man a Tiger, and Shadow Warriors.

General Tony Zinni (Ret.) was Commander in Chief of CENTCOM from 1997 to 2000, and from November 2002 to March 2003 was Colin Powell's special envoy to the Middle East. He has also led special missions to such nations as Turkey, Pakistan, Kenya, Russia, Yemen, Indonesia, and the Philippines-a role he continues today.