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Every Man a Tiger (Revised): The Gulf War Air Campaign (Commander Series) Mass Market Paperback – December 6, 2005

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  • Series: Commander Series (Book 2)
  • Mass Market Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley; Updated ed. edition (December 6, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425207366
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425207369
  • Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 1 x 6.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #520,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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By John G. Hilliard on April 19, 2002
Format: Paperback
Clancy really did a good job with this book. I have also read the first book in this new series he is putting out "Into the Storm - A Study in Command" and I have to say that this book is much better. One would think that as it is the second book, maybe he learned how to put together a non-fiction story in a more readable and interesting way or maybe the co-author was just a better writer. Clancy has teamed up with the General that was in charge of the air war in the Gulf War, and has a done himself a favor getting someone as inteligent and engaging to work with.
The book is basically three parts, the first section talks about the Generals career in the Air Force, the Air Force development from Viet Nam to the Gulf War and a touch of the politics involved within the different military branches. The second section of the book deals with the build up to the air war. The final section deals with the air war both the stand-alone part and as a joint effort with the ground war.
The author does not give you an action packed, inside the cockpit type of story. What we do get is the process for building up the forces, developing a plan, working with the other countries and military forces and finally the execution of the plan. I found the discussions of target selection and the relationship between the air and ground element to be the most interesting. Overall this is a well-written and constructed book. It has a lot of value if you are interested in the Gulf War or just how current U.S. battles are planned and fought. From watching the nightly news you can see that many of the same processes and tactics discussed in this book were used with the current U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan
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Format: Paperback
General Chuck Horner, with the writing help of Tom Clancy, crafted a wonderful book that tells the story of how to organize, equip, deploy and employ massive yet diverse airpower during the Gulf War in 1990-1991.
There are three parts and fifteen chapters in this book. The first third focuses on the past (1960-1989) for Chuck Horner and America's Air Force before Desert Shield. The focus is on the unique climate amongst pilots, especially fighter pilots (Horner's primary skill set) and the entire aviation community. The emphasis Horner places on teamwork is striking, and shows the importance of every airman who contributes to launching and aircraft and its payload down the runway and into the skies. This part of the book also describes the strategic vision of Air Force leaders in the 1970's as they sought to apply the lessons learned from the Vietnam War, and reemerge from the post war malaise as a coherent fighting organization.
Throughout the first part are snapshots of what Horner was trying to create in the chaos that followed the Presidential decision to reinforce Saudi Arabia to deter further Iraqi aggression and finally expel Iraq from Kuwait. Horner, who became Commander in Chief, Central Command (Forward) CINCCENTFWD noted that everywhere he initially went, the staffs' "efforts lacked order and focus...missing essential details such as basing logistics and sortie rates." Horner's essential task was to understand the intent of General Schwarzkopf and the National Command Authority, and to focus the effort of the CENTCOM team to deploy and employ forces in a logical way that would accomplish the national strategic goals.
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Format: Hardcover
This is an excellent book. Both the first half, describing the life and career of General Horner, and the second half, detailing the planning and execution of the war in the gulf are engrossing and kept me reading. This book gives a good look at how a theater-level conflict is planned and the many parties that are involved.
I would highly reccomend this to anybody who has an interest in the U.S. Air Force or national security strategy.
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By A Customer on May 26, 1999
Format: Hardcover
I worked for Gen Horner during most of his time as Commander of Ninth Air Force/USCENTAF. I also deployed with him to Riyadh during Desert Storm. I can tell you that everything Gen Horner says is right on track, and that Gen Horner the person is as honest as the day is long.
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In this non-fiction book, Tom Clancy and General Chuck Horner examine on a few different levels what it takes to get everything in place to conduct a sophisticated air war. Such an event, in this case Desert Shield/Storm, takes many years of preparation. This preparation requires enormous sums of money as well as long-term development of the officer and non-commissioned officer corp. The commitment to do this spans several presidential administrations.

One of the fun things of any Clancy book is to learn more military jargon. This book does not disappoint. We get to see the careers of Air Force generals as well as the analysis of them in action. The case is made decisively that we'll always need tigers in the leadership. At the end of the day, the whole air complex depends on the leadership. I think this book will continue to appeal to military history buffs, strategists and intelligence personnel and political policy experts.
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