Battle Ready

by Clancy, Tom; Zinni, Tony; Koltz, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780425198926
• ISBN10: 0425198928
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-03
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

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. This is his story-and that of his beloved Marine Corps-from the cauldron of Vietnam to the realities of the post-9/11 military, as told by none other than Tom Clancy.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Desert Fox	1	(22)
12,000 Miles From Philadelphia	23	(90)
The Point of the Spear	113	(48)
The New World Disorder	161	(68)
Somalia	229	(74)
Centcom	303	(52)
Warrior Peacemaker	355	(62)
The Calling	417	(24)
Index	441	(10)
Acknowledgments	451