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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...Putnam Publishing Group, First Edition, First Printing, 05/24/204. Near Mint, bright clean, no yellowing, acid free paper. DJ Near Mint, vibrant, unclipped. Binding, Olive paper/board/black cloth spine/gold lettering. Great Gift.

Time and again, Tom Clancy's novels have been praised not only for their big-scale drama and propulsive narrative drive but for their cutting-edge prescience in predicting future events. In The Bear and the Dragon, the future is very near at hand indeed. Newly elected in his own right, Jack Ryan has found that being President has gotten no easier: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; there's a revolution in Liberia; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to take out the chairman of the SVR -- the former KGB -- with a tocket-propelled grenade. Things...Penguin USA, First Edition, First Printing, 08/21/2000. Near Mint, clean , vibrant, DJ Near Mint. binding black paper/boards/black cloth spine/gold lettering. Great Gift.

Called out of retirement to serve as National Security Advisor to the president, Jack Ryan, with the help of CIA officers John Clark and Domingo Chavez, must prepare the untested president to meet the challenges of a new world order. 1,500,000 first printing.Putnam Adult , First Edition, First Printing, 08/17/1994. Full #'s line 1-10. Near Mint, clean, vibrant. DJ Near Mint, vibrant, unclipped $25.95. Binding beige paper/boards/blue cloth spine/gold lettering

Combining military history and biography, a profile of General Chuck Horner, commander of the allied air forces during the Persian Gulf War, discusses the tactics involved, as well as the changing nature of our Air Force. 400,000 first printing. BOMC Main.Putnam Publishing Group, First Edition, First Printing, 04/09/2002. Full #'s Li ne 1-10. Near Mint, clean, solid, no soiling,no yellowing, acid free paper. DJ Near Fine, clean, colors vibrant, unclipped. binding red paper/boards/blue cloth spine, gold lettering.

It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence--Aurora, the sinister brainchild of two of the world's most dangerous men: the general secretary of the Soviet Union and master spy Kim Philby. The wheels are in motion, the pawns are in place, and the countdown has begun toward an "accident" that could change the fact of British politics forever and trigger and collapse of the Western alliance. Only British agent John Preston stand any chance of breaching the conspiracy. Through plot and counterplot, from bloody back streets to polished halls of power both East and West, his desperate investigation is relentlessly blocked by deceit, treachery, and the most deadly enemy of all...time.

"Brilliant...One of the best books of the season."ASSOCIATED PRESS. A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI, and New York police as he performs the impossible--and tries to stay alive doing it.From the

Provides an incisive analysis of the operations and art of modern warfare as seen through the eyes of General Frederick M. Franks, Jr., an armor and infantry commander during the Gulf War and the first amputee active-duty general since the Civil War. 800,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo. BOMC Main.G P Putnam's Sons, NY, First Edition, First Printing, 05/19/1997. Full #'s Line 1-10. Near Fine, bright, clean, no yellowing, acid free paper. DJ Near Fine, clean ,vibrant, not clipped. Binding, dark blue paper/boards/red cloth spine black lettering.

The IPCRESS File is Len Deighton's first spy novel, published in 1962. It was made into a film in 1965 produced by Harry Saltzman, directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Michael Caine. The novel, which involves Cold War brainwashing, includes scenes in Lebanon and on an atoll for a United States atomic weapon test, as well as information about Joe One, the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb, although these elements did not appear in the film version.Near Mint condition. Bound in a coated cloth material that looks much like leather but is not genuine cow hide. High quality paper, acid free paper is 70-pound Franklin Library Vellum White Offset. Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding. Gold gilded page edges on all three sides. Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look. Quality gift.

Coming out of retirement to run for president, Jack Ryan finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes attack from his opponent as his close comrade, John Clark, is the subject of treacherous charges, at the same time Jack Ryan, Jr. and other members of Campus struggle to stop terrorists.G P Putnam's Sons, NY, First Edition, First Printing, 12/13/2011. Very Good, clean, tight. DJ Very good, colors are bright, some light shelf wear at top and bottom. Binding Orange, paper/boards/blue spine

Marine takes an in-depth look at the United States Marine Corps--in the New York Times bestselling tradition of Submarine, Armored Cav, and Fighter Wing--including an interview with the Commander of the Marine Corps, Genral Charles "Chuck" Krulak, an examination of recruitment and training, and more. Exclusive photos, illustrations & diagrams. Print features.Berkley Books, NY, First Trade Paperback Edition,11/1993, good reading copy.

Filled with exceptional realism and authenticity, Patriot Games puts readers on the cutting edge of a different type of war but one no less deadly: the international battle against terrorism. From the author of The Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising.Putnam Adult First Edition, First Printing, 08/04/1987. Very Good, Dust jacket shows some wear. Small tar top of front page and some stress to top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Binding, light gray paper boards/gray ,cloth spine/gold lettering.

At the heart of Clancy's extraordinary new novel is John Clark, ex-Navy SEAL, a.k.a. "the dark side of Jack Ryan". And nothing is darker or more demonic that the peril he faces when he confronts a group of terrorists like none the world has ever before encountered. G P Putnam's Sons, NY, First Edition, First Printing, 08/03/1998. Full #'s Line 1-10. Near Fine, clean, tight. DJ Near Mint, vibrant, unclipped. Binding blue paper/boards/black clotgh spine/silver lettering.

In a lethal game of cat-and-mouse that is the Soviet Union versus the United States, the Pope's life is in danger, as is the stability of the Western world. Jack Ryan is at the center of the action, but it may already be too late for a novice CIA analyst to do anything about the conflict. This is Clancy at his best--and there is none better.Putnam Adult First Edition, First Printing, 08/05/2002, Near Mint +clean and bright, acid free paper, no bumps DJ Very Good,clean colors vibrant, sight shelf wear at top and bottom, front flap has one wrinkle. unclipped. Binding, dark gray paper/boards/black cloth spine red lettering.

In this book the players are the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. When Moslem fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Soviets decide they have no choice. To survive, they must seize the oil in the Persian Gulf; to seize the oil, they must find a way to keep NATO from retaliating. And they find it: Red Storm, an audacious, four-month master plan of elaborate diplomatic trickery and crash military buildup designed to keep the West off balance.Putnam Adult First Edition, First Printing, 08/07/1986. full #"line 1-10. Near Fine, clean, bright solid. DJ Near Mint, clean, colors vibrant. not clipped $19.95. Binding black paper/boards/black cloth spine/gold lettering.

China has invaded the oil-rich Spratly Islands. The American response has been swift - and deadly. And the Third World War has begun... Captain Bartholomew Mackey is the skipper of the U.S.S. Cheyenne, a nuclear submarine dispatched to the Spratlys to protect a carrier group. But in a few moments, the Cheyenne's mission - and the world - have changed, as a tense situation has exploded into a full-scale war of nightmarish proportions. Tom Clancy presents fifteen thrilling scenarios - fact-based mission profiles for Captain Mackey and the Cheyenne - stirring plots and characters, perfectly accurate...Berkley Books, NY, First Trade Paperback Edition, 01/01/1997. Full #'s Line 1-10. Very Good clean, vibrant. Nice copy

Documents the history of the Special Forces from the 1950s through the 1990s to discuss missions involving raids, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, and more, in Vietnam, the Middle East, and other conflicts. 400,000 first printing. BOMC.Putnam Adult First Edition, First Printing, 02/04/2002. Full #'s Line 1-10. Near Fine, clean square, no pulling of spine, no yellowing, acid free paper. DJ Near fine, colors vibrant, unclipped. Binding Dark blue paper/boards/black cloth spine/Silver lettering.

The best-selling novelist exposes the inner workings of the nuclear submarine, the core of America's nuclear arsenal, using previously unrevealed diagrams and photographs along with formerly top-secret information. Original. 500,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.Berkley Books, NY, First Trade Paperback Edition,11/1993, Very Good,

With his "genius for big, compelling plots (and) natural narrative gift" (The New York Times Magazine), Tom Clancy has written five novels which now total more than 28 million copies in print. His most recent book, Clear and Present Danger, was the bestselling novel of the 1980s. And now Tom Clancy gives readers his most remarkable novel yet: a story of unrelenting suspense that is as explosive as today's headlines.G. P. Putnam's Sons First Edition, First Printing, 08/14/1991. Full #'s line 1-10. Very Good, clean and bright, slight pulling of spine at top. DJ,VG clean and vibrant.

Jack Ryan has only just moved back into the Oval Office when he is faced with a new international threat. An aborted coup in the People's Republic of China has left President Wei Zhen Lin with no choice but to agree with the expansionist policies of General Su Ke Qiang. They have declared the South China Sea a protectorate and are planning an invasion of Taiwan.The Ryan administration is determined to thwart China's ambitions, but the stakes are dangerously high as a new breed of powerful Chinese anti-ship missile endangers the US Navy's plans to protect the island. Meanwhile, Chinese cyberwarfare experts have launched a devastating attack on American infrastructure. It's a new combat arena, but it's every bit as deadly as any that has gone before.Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus may be just the wild card that his father needs to stack the deck. There's just one problem: someone knows about the off-the-books intelligence agency and threatens to blow their cover sky high.(Amazon)G. P.… Read More

Over the course of seven novels, Tom Clancy's "genius for big, compelling plots" and his "natural narrative gift" (The New York Times Magazine) have mesmerized tens of millions of readers and established him as one of the preeminent storytellers of our time. Without Remorse, however, goes beyond anything he has ever done. Its hero is John Kelly, a man well familiar to Clancy's readers by his code name, Mr. Clark. In The Sum of All Fears, he hunted down nuclear terrorists. In Clear and Present Danger, he led aerial raids against drug lords. In The Cardinal of the Kremlin, he spirited away a KGB...Putnam Publishing Group, First Edition, First Printing, 08/11/1993. Very Good, tight, text is clean, front cover has a few light spot, head and fore-edge is spotted. DJ Very Good clean and vibrant. Binding black paper/boards/black cloth spine/gold lettering.