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Summary: Puts the rubber onto the road (into the air).
Review: If you are looking for a Jack Ryan techno-adventure, this ain't for you, bucko. Other reviewers seem to have failed to look at what they bought. Like Clancy's book with Fred Franks about the US Army, this one looks at the 20 years during which the US Air Force stumbled out of Viet Nam and re-created itself into a winning military force. Yeah, Iraq wasn't the Soviet Union, but they used their weapons and, most importantly, their tactics. This behind the scenes look shows that what George Marshall said 60 years ago is still true, "The plan is nothing - planning is everything." This book peers into the plans, means, and methods of modern air war. Read it with that in mind, not Jack Ryan, and you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Interesting insight of the AF and it's EXCELLENT people
Review: I particularly appreciated General Horner's comments. I felt that I was reading about what the politics and infrastructure of the Air Force, and probably other military branches, is all about. Thanks for an excellent and enjoyable book.
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Summary: Excellent in-depth analysis of use of Airpower and Command
Review: This book gives a very detailed look at techniques of command and leadership by General Horner, who is the epitome of a Commander who cares about his most precious resource - people first, and his career an afterthought.
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Summary: "Every Man a Tiger" does not meet expectations
Review: I don't know what Clancy was hoping to accomplish by agreeing to co-author this book. "Every Man a Tiger" is poorly written and exceedingly boring. After the first 100 pages I was convinced that the Air Force is incapable of using three nouns in a sentence without creating an acronym; i.e., EMAT - Every Man a Tiger. Trying to keep up with hundreds of Air Force acronyms quickly brings on a headache. Clancy fails to explain which of Horner's attributes qualified him to be a general -- perhaps he was promoted because he couldn't get a job flying for United Airlines. The book is basically Horner's resume and it doesn't take long to become very tired of Chuck blowing his own "Horner". In the book, Chuck Horner is said to have a deep appreciation for Arab culture. If he does, it is not apparent from anything described in the novel (For example, liking Mai Tais and having a Maui tour guide on the coffee table doesn't mean one has a deep appreciation for Hawaiian culture).Horner's description of planning Desert Shield/Desert Storm reads like a performance appraisal of a corporate planner ... yawn! In my mind, any Clancy fan would be better off re-purchasing the "Hunt for Red October" or "Red Storm Rising". Although dated, even today these books are much more fun to read than this rendition of "How I spent thirty-five years in the Air Force".
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Summary: A terrific text book for an Air Force Operations Manual
Review: The story of Gen. Horner is interesting. As for the rest of this book, which is the majority, should be saved for one of his Modern Air Force Operations Manuals.
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Summary: Lengthy, but an excellent read
Review: Clancy and Horner have done an excellent job in portraying the USAF from the depths of Vietnam to the glory of Desert Storm. Horner's final thoughts make the reader understand the work done to hold a Coalition together. This book also sits well with the fact that it is not at all too technical, and does not leave the reader scratching his/her head.
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Summary: Interesting insider's look at Desert Storm
Review: I concur with the guy from Edwards about Clancy's latest book, I also agree with him about that WWII airwar novel, THE TRIUMPH AND THE GLORY. It was great! Tom Clancy has written a very interesting account of the modern USAF along with a man I highly respect, General Horner. But the book speaks for itself very well. Buy a copy, you won't regret it.
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Summary: OK book, fascinating topic.
Review: Clancy hasn't done complete justice to Chuck Horner or the Desert Storm airwar, but the Desert Storm airwar was a tough act to follow. A good insider's look at the campaign, and the changes made in the USAF that enabled it to perform so impressively against Iraq, and I might add, against Serbia. I've been reading about air combat lately, and found it fascinating to compare this primer on modern warfare with the WWII books, Cold Blue Sky, The Triumph and the Glory, and Keegan's The Second World War. Four stars for Clancy's latest.
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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: I have purchased, read and enjoyed every book written by Tom Clancy. If however, Every Man a Tiger were the first Clancy writing that I purchased, it ABSOLUTELY would have been the last. Clancy is a talented writer and I am surprized that he would lend his name at any price to Chuck Horner on this book.
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Summary: Exactly what you expect from Clancy.
Review: I am a longtime (14 yrs) fan of Tom Clancy. I approached his non-fiction works with interest. I was very pleasantly surprised by this one. Finally he has written a non-fiction book that doesn't read like a textbook. Very imfomative. If your interested in what really happened in Desert Storm, read this book.
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