Every man a tiger / Tom Clancy with Chuck Horner.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013.

Contributor:

• Horner, Chuck, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Horner, Chuck, 1936-.
• Persian Gulf War, 1991--Biography.
• Persian Gulf War, 1991--United States.
• Persian Gulf War, 1991--Aerial operations, American.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 564 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1999]

Summary:

• Every Man a Tiger is a groundbreaking exploration of the art of war--a look deep into modern air power, as seen through the eyes of one of its most outstanding commanders.
• Tom Clancy's Into the Storm, written with armor and infantry General Fred Franks, Jr., won unanimous praise for its masterful blend of military history, biography, you-are-there narrative, insights into the practice of leadership, and plain old-fashioned storytelling. Every Man a Tiger is even better, a book that, like its subject, soars into the sky.
• General Chuck Horner was the right man in the right place at the right time. Combining a broad experience of all aspects of aerial warfare with a deep respect for and knowledge of Arab culture, Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets during Desert Shield and Desert Storm--the forces of a dozen nations--and was responsible for the design and execution of one of the most devastating air campaigns in history. Never before have the Gulf air war and its planning, a process filled with controversy and stormy personalities, been revealed in such rich, provocative detail.
• Beyond that, however, Every Man a Tiger is the story of two revolutions: of how a service damaged by Vietnam reinvented itself through vision, determination, and brutally hard work--in Horner's words, "We had to learn how to be an Air Force all over again"--and of how war changed fundamentally in the last decade of this century, not only in the new dominance of air power, but in all its aspects. It is a story of speed, accuracy, efficiency, information, and initiative, as well as of smoke, fear, courage, and blood. It is a front-row seat to a man, an institution, a war, and a way of war that together make this an instant classic of military history.

Contents:

• Prologue 3 August 1990 1
• I Into the Wild Blue
• 1. Every Man a Tiger 29
• 2. The Big Lie 72
• 3. The Vision of Bill Creech 116
• II Shield in the Sky
• 4. Mission to Jeddah 163
• 5. CENTCOM Forward 190
• 6. Planning the Storm 234
• 7. Band of Brothers and Sisters 281
• III The Thousand-Hour War
• 8. Storm! 333
• 9. Hits and Misses 369
• 10. Lost and Found 391
• 11. Punch and Counterpunch 411
• 12. A Day in the War 442
• 13. The Ten Percent War 465
• 14. Shock and Awe 501
• Final Thoughts: Building Coalitions 527.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [549]) and index.

ISBN:

0399144935

OCLC:

40521237