Every Man a Tiger

Tom Clancy is one of the world's biggest-selling novelists. In his new Commanders series, made authoritative through the collaboration of the very commanders through whose eyes these campaigns are seen, he is revealed as one of the world's most readable military historians.General Chuck Horner commanded the US and Allied air assets during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The right man in the right place at the right time, he combined a broad experience of all aspects of aerial warfare with a deep respect for and knowledge of Arab culture. Co-ordinating the forces of a dozen nations, he led one of the most devastating air campaigns in history.Never before has the Gulf air war and its planning - a process filled with controversy and stormy personalities - been revealed in such rich, provocative detail. Also a portrait of how war changed fundamentally in the last decade of this century, this is a real-life tale of speed, accuracy, efficiency, fresh strategy and initiative - as well smoke, fear, courage and blood...