Battle Ready

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From one oi Ihe country's most prominenl wrilers and one oi the mililary's mosl outspoken generals comes the book every American must read.
'^Mililary success, in and oi" ilself, is never the complete answer. Success will have to be inca-sured. not in military terms, but in political terms in wliat is left behind. Tliat will be the mark of what we are—what we leave behind."
—General Tony Zinni, speecii to Middle East Institnte, October 2002
"My contemporaries, our feelings and sensitivities Avere forged on the battlefields of Vietnam, where we heard the garbage and the lies, and we saw the sacrifice. I ask you, is it happening again?"
—General Tony Zimii, speech to U.S. Naval histitute and Marine Coi-ps Association, September 2003
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... Tovább

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From one oi Ihe country's most prominenl wrilers and one oi the mililary's mosl outspoken generals comes the book every American must read.
'^Mililary success, in and oi" ilself, is never the complete answer. Success will have to be inca-sured. not in military terms, but in political terms in wliat is left behind. Tliat will be the mark of what we are—what we leave behind."
—General Tony Zinni, speecii to Middle East Institnte, October 2002
"My contemporaries, our feelings and sensitivities Avere forged on the battlefields of Vietnam, where we heard the garbage and the lies, and we saw the sacrifice. I ask you, is it happening again?"
—General Tony Zimii, speech to U.S. Naval histitute and Marine Coi-ps Association, September 2003
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 something more.
Marine general Tony Zimii was known as the "Warrior Diplomat" during his nearly forty years of service. His credentials as a soldier were impeccable, whether he was leading troops in Vietnam, conmianding hair-raising rescue operations in Somaha, 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.
They have not, however, caused him to be silent. In Battle Ready, he is candid, thoughtful, and blunt about the good and the bad he has seen and continues to see. Battle Ready follows the evolution of both General Zinni and
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the Marine Corps, from the cauldron of Vietnam tlu-ough the operational revolution of the '70s and '80s, to the new realities of the post-Cold War, post-9/11 military—a mihtary with a radically different job and radically different tools for accomplishing it. Opinions differ sharply about just what that job and those tools should be— and General Zinni makes it clear where he stands.
It is an eye-opening book—a front-row seat to a man, an institution, and a way both of war and of peace that together make this an instant classic of military history.
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. He is also the author of the paperback nonfiction series that includes Submarine^ Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Marine, Airborne, Carrier, and Special Forces, and the co-creator of the Op-Center, Power Plays, and Net Force series. He Uves in Maryland.
General Tony Zinni (Ret.) was Commander in Chief of CENTCOM from 1997 to 2000, and from November 2002 to March 2003 was Cohn Powell's special envoy to the Middle East. He has also led special missions to Turkey, Pakistan, Kenya, Russia, Yemen, Indonesia, the Phihppines, and other nations—a role he continues to fill today. Among his many commands, he has served as Head of the Special Operations and Terrorism Counteraction Section of the Marines; Chief of Staff of the Marine Air-Ground Training and Education Center at Quantico; Deputy Director of Operations, U.S. European Command; Director of Operations, Somalia task force, 1992-1993; Commander of the Combined Task Force protecting the withdrawal of UN forces from Somalia, 1993; and Commanding General, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Jacket design and photograph © 2004 Lawrence Ratzkin Photograph of General Zinni and Tom Clancy by John Earle
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