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                       Tom Clancy FAQ - The Books

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is in four major chapters.  See the Introduction posting for the full
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Changes:
   1. Moved Debt of Honor summary into Plot Summaries section.
   2. Moved Tom Clancy's Op-Center summary into Plot Summaries section.
   3. Added question #10. Question about author of Op-Center.
   4. Added question #11. Question about Op-Centers different movie and
      book plots.
   5. Added Question about Clancy's political essay book.
   6. Added some authors to list of authors.
   7. Added ISBN numbers to publishing history.
   8. Added Op-Center: Mirror Image Plot Summary.
   9.   Added Fighter Wing to Publishing Record.
   10.  Added UK/AUS/NZ paperback records.
11.  Added French translation records.
12.  Added Christmas 1995 message.
13.  Added Dutch Translation Records.
14.  Added German Translation Records.

This FAQ is originally the work of Bob Marek and is maintained by Geoff
Gass.  I will distribute and maintain on a time-permitting basis.  All
contributions are welcome and will be fully credited.

Contents of this part:

The Books (Books posting)
   Questions
      1. What are the acronyms being used for book titles?
      2. What books has Tom Clancy written?
      3. In what order were Clancy's books written?
      4. In what order should Clancy's books be read?
      5. What is Clancy's best book?
      6. What other authors write books like Tom Clancy?
      7. Where did Jack Ryan go to college?
      8. What is bug juice?
      9. When will the next Jack Ryan story be published?
      10. Why doesn't Clancy's Op-Center seem to be up to Clancy's usual
          quality of writing?
      11. Why did the Op-Center book plot differ from the movie plot?
      12.  What happened to "Reality Check"?
   Publishing Record
   Plot Summaries
   Characters
   Acronyms
   References

The author's comments and requests for additional information are
surrounded by /* ... */ comment delineators.

Asterisks "*" around words are used for emphasis.  *get it*?

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word.  _like_this_

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                                The Books

The following sections deal mainly with Tom Clancy's books.  While there
may be a few references to the movies made from his books, the movie
chapter will contain more details relating to them.

Questions
   
   1. What do all these letters mean?
      What is all this stuff with acronyms?
      
      The letters are acronyms (well almost) for the titles of the books
      written by Tom Clancy.  Posters use them to avoid typing the name
      of a book umpteen million times during a discussion.  Most of them
      are made up of the first letters of the words in the title.  Case
      is important, but not critical.  They are:
      
      HFRO ... HfRO ... The Hunt for Red October
      RSR  ...      ... Red Storm Rising
      PG   ...      ... Patriot Games
      COTK ... CoTK ... The Cardinal of the Kremlin
      CAPD ... CaPD ... Clear and Present Danger
      SOAF ... SoAF ... The Sum of All Fears
      WR   ...      ... Without Remorse
      DOH  ... DoH  ... Debt of Honor
      
      While lowercasing the titles is not a crime or a breach of any
      kind of netiquette readers may get confused if you do.
   
   
   2. I just finished Tom Clancy's {book name}.  What other books has
      he written?
      
      The list of Tom Clancy's books in order of publication is:
      
      *The Hunt for Red October
       Red Storm Rising
      *Patriot Games
      *The Cardinal of the Kremlin
      *Clear and Present Danger
      *The Sum of All Fears
      *Without Remorse
       Submarine
      *Debt of Honor
       Armored Cav
       Tom Clancy's Op-Center
       Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Mirror Image
       Fighter Wing
      
      * Jack Ryan storyline.
      
      The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, The Cardinal of the
      Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Without
      Remorse and Debt of Honor are all placed in the Jack Ryan
      storyline.  Jack Ryan appears in all of the books as the main
      protagonist or in a small cameo (in Without Remorse).  The books
      deal with Jack Ryan and/or other characters associated with him.
      
      Red Storm Rising is a fictional novel about WW III in the North
      Atlantic and Europe and contains no characters from the Jack Ryan
      storyline.
      
      Submarine and Armored Cav are non-fiction books that give a
      layman's tour (Clancy style) through a nuclear submarine and a
      modern Armored Cavalry regiment.
   
   
   3. I've read Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and
      Present Danger.  But Patriot Games in the books seems to come
      before Hunt for Red October.  What gives?  Am I crazy?  Or is
      your list wrong?
      
      In reverse order: No ... no ... and...
      
      Clancy has stated that his books have been published in the order
      of their completion.
      
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      
      Clancy on THFRO and PG:
      
      Contrary to popular (?) belief, I finished writing "Patriot Games"
      on 31 December, 1986, well AFTER "The Hunt for Red October" was
      published.
      
      TC
      
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      The Hunt for Red October was the first Tom Clancy book published.
      He started Without Remorse and Patriot Games first, but didn't
      complete them.  After Red Storm Rising was published he went back
      and completed Patriot Games.  After The Sum of All Fears he
      apparently went back and reworked and finished Without Remorse.
      So the order, in the Jack Ryan storyline, is:
      
      Published order               Storyline order
      ---------------------------   ---------------------------
      The Hunt for Red October      Without Remorse
      Patriot Games                 Patriot Games
      The Cardinal of the Kremlin   The Hunt for Red October
      Clear and Present Danger      The Cardinal of the Kremlin
      The Sum of All Fears          Clear and Present Danger
      Without Remorse               The Sum of All Fears
      Debt of Honor                 Debt of Honor
      
      Red Storm Rising, Submarine and Armored Cav are independent of the
      Jack Ryan storyline.
      
      The story timeline order of the movies differs from the story
      timeline order of the books.  See the movie chapter.
   
   
   4. In what order should I read Tom Clancy's books?
      
      So far, there is no consensus in the group of the correct order to
      read Clancy's novels.
      
      My suggestion is to read the books in the order they were pub-
      lished, and *not* the order of the Jack Ryan storyline.  This
      applies to the Jack Ryan storyline novels only.  You can read Red
      Storm Rising, Submarine and Armored Cav anytime.
      
      This is just a suggestion.  It is not *necessary* to read the
      books in any particular order to enjoy them.
   
   
   5. I just finished reading {book name}.  I want to read another.
      What is Clancy's best book?
      
      Hmmmmmmmmmmm.......
      
      Read the newsgroup for a while.  See numbers 2. 3. and 4. above.
      
      Everybody has their own opinion/favorite.  There is no agreement
      as to the best.  It's a personal preference.
   
   
   6. I've read all of Tom Clancy's books.  What other authors write
      books like him?
      
      Names mentioned in newsgroup discussions are:
                                               
      Richard Aellen                           W.E.B. Griffin
      Ted Albury                               Marshall Harrison
      Mark Berent                              Payne Harrison
      Larry Bond                               Richard Herman
      Dale Brown                               Stephen Hunter
      Larry Collins                            John LeCarre
      Stephen Coonts                           Robert Ludlum
      Harold Coyle                             Harrison Marshall
      Clive Cussler                            David Poyer
      Len Deighton                             Craig Thomas
      Ken Follett                              Barrett Tillman
      Frederick Forsythe                       Duane Unkefer
      
      No assertion is made whether you will like or dislike any of these
      authors.  These authors have been mentioned in various discussions
      in the newsgroup.
   
   
   7. I remember the Admiral in The Hunt for Red October mentioning
      that Jack Ryan attended the Academy.  He must have meant
      Annapolis. But the history here says he didn't.  Where did he go
      to college?
      
      You're confusing the movie version of HFRO with the book.  In the
      book storyline, Jack Ryan did *not* attend or graduate from the US
      Naval Academy at Annapolis.  He *did* teach history there.  See
      the Jack Ryan entry under Characters in this chapter.  The movie
      scene with Admiral Painter and Captain Davenport is *not* from the
      book.
      
      Refer to the Movie chapter for more information on this.
   
   
   8. What is bug juice?
      
      Bug juice is a US Navy name for a fruit flavored drink served on
      board vessels of the US Navy.  It is an alternative to coffee and
      water.  It comes in several flavors and colors.  The colors have
      no relationship to flavor.  Those in the know prefer the red
      variety.
      
      In an historical context, the term bug juice was sometimes used to
      refer to bootleg alcohol during WW II made from the fuel used to
      power US torpedoes.  It was also referred to as "gilly" juice.
      One reference has it that extremely strong coffee was sometimes
      also referred to as bug juice.
   
   
   9. When will the next Jack Ryan story be published?
      When will Clancy's next book be published?
      
      
      
      Tom Clancy printed a Christmas message in late 1995 in which he
      gave the title of his newest book.
      
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
     Tom Clancy takes time off from his annual Christmas Chaos to say:

     Ladies and Gentlemen, please let me take this opportunity to thank
     all of you for the interest shown in my work. Though I find the
     idea of landing the Space Shuttle on a carrier slightly demented,
     *nearly* everything I read here (and I *do* read it) is worth my
     time. I will go farther and say that I am immensely flattered that
     so many people take their time to make comments and observations.
     It's a delight to read your posts, and it's also somewhat humbling.

     I hope that all of you have a wonderful Christmas--though in my
     case I will shortly be turning over my back-up computer here at our
     vacation home to my son, for purposes that will be obvious to those
     of you with computer-literate children. Get the BFG-9000 loaded,
     sergeant!

     Tomorrow, however, I will be back at work on the next Ryan epic,
     "Executive Orders," which, with luck, will be ready in time for a
     summer release. For the moment, Jack is having a devil of a time in
     his new job.

     Best wishes to you all,

     Tom Clancy
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     
      
      Given the preceding, this was a previous response of TC's to this
      question.
      
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      Subject: Re: SPOILER - DoH Tom Hurry up!!
      Date: 28 Dec 1994 09:07:29 -0500
      
      Clancy replies to this and other related posts:
      
      1. I never discuss works in progress. To do so, I think,
      titillates the reader, and I feel that is unethical.
      
      2. I am NOT currently at work on a Ryan novel. I'll probably get
      back to that late in 1995. I have a few ideas for that book, but
      you never really know until you get to work because the book in
      many ways writes itself as you (the author) unfold the plot. The
      next one may be the last Ryan book, but then I've said that
      before.
      
      3. I can promise one thing, however. Despite some interesting
      posts here, Jack will NOT become Pope. He couldn't hack the
      chastity part.  :)
      
      TC
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      
      We'll find out when it is announced, or hits the book store
      shelves.
   
   
   10. Why doesn't Tom Clancy's Op-Center seem to be up to his usual
      quality of writing?
      
      Tom Clancy on the origin of "Op-Center: "
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      Subject: Re: TC...what's up with OP-C
      Date: 17 Feb 1995 08:12:08 -0500
      
      Clancy on the origin of Op Center.
      
      This is public information. Steve Pieczenik MD and I were at my
      home waiting for a friend to appear for a business meeting when I
      started talking about a moribund TV project I'd worked on mainly
      as a joke. Steve, it turned out, had a similar project behind him,
      and it turned out that his project and mine both had an element
      which the other lacked. So, we blended the ideas into what was
      actually his title "Op Center," and approached Brandon Tartikoff
      to work with us on it.
      
      The result will air in late February.
      
      TC
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      
      The books are "spin-offs" from the TV mini-series.  Clancy and
      Peiczenik created the original idea, characters, and situations.
      The manuscripts are written by other authors.  The Op-Center book
      manuscripts are credited in the acknowledgments sections to Jeff
      Rovin.
      
      Short answer, because Clancy didn't write the books.
   
   
   11. Op-Center.  I read the book and saw the movie.  The two didn't
      even have the same story line.  One was a conflict in Korea.  And
      the movie was about missing warheads in the Soviet Union.
      (Russia).  What's going on?
      
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      From: dadams@falcon.cc.ukans.edu (Douglas Adams)
      Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 15:07:25
      
      Op Center was designed as a focal point for stories and books to
      be written around. All it involves is the Op Center itself and the
      cast of characters, which can be used over and over in a variety
      of situations. The book and the TV movie used the Op Center core
      with different stories.
      
      This kind of thing has gone on for a long time in s.f. and fantasy
      (For example: Thieve's World, by Robert Lynn Asprin and the
      Berserker series, by Fred Saberhagen), where a well known author
      creates a world/situation for other authors to use. Why can't
      people accept that here?
      
      Douglas Adams
      University of Kansas School of Education
      Department of Educational Psychology and Research
      Lawrence, Kansas, USA
      http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~dadams
      
      ** NO! I am not the author of the Hitchhikers Guide series of
         books. **
      ** Yes, I have read them. Yes, they are funny. Don't ask me about
         this. **
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   
   12. Clancy was supposed to be publishing a collection of political
      essay's by the end of 1995.  What happened to them?
      
      This was posted by: davidw@ebicom.net (David Williams)
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subject: Re: Political Science - New Book?
      Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 18:31:51 GMT
      
      Here's the response I received from Mr. Clancy on "Reality Check"
      
      Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 14:25:06 -0400
      To: davidw@ebicom.net
      Subject: Re: New book.
      
      "Reality Check" is on hiatus. Why? The political landscape changed
      too fast.
      
      I hope to be back in the novel business soon.
      
      TC
      ------------------------------------------------------------------


Publishing Record
   
   Listed here in publishing order are the books authored by Tom Clancy.
   
   The name of the publisher, the date of first release and the
   copyright owner are included for both hardcover and paperback
   editions.
   
   /* These are the US publishing dates and publishers.  If anyone   */
   /* wants to supply non-US information, I will be happy to include */
   /* it here.    Suggestion by: Cath Aiken.                         */
   
   --- Thanks to Michael Sensor, Bob Inskeep RMCS USN(ret),         ---
   --- Joe O'Connell, Mike Patterson, Tim Klevar, Robert Keller     ---
   --- and J.D. Frankland for help with release dates.              ---
   --- Thanks to Cath Aiken for help with non-US Publishers and     ---
   --- release dates.  Thanks to Ian Heywood and Nicolas Weeger.    ---
   
   ---  Thanks to Peter Zaadstra and Lars Dierich                   ---
   
   
   
   The Hunt for Red October - HFRO - HfRO
      US Hardcover:
         ISBN: 0-87021-285-0 (acid free)
         Naval Institute Press
         October 1984,  387 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1984 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-13351-6
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         October 1985,  469 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1984 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Hardcover:
         London: Collins
         /* Month? */ 1985,  479 pp.
         Copyright 1984 Jack Ryan Enterprises Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
         ISBN:  0-00-617276-8
              Fontana, An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers - London
              Special overseas edition
              1985, 479 pp.
              Copyright 1984 Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      French Translation:
              Translated by Marianne Veron with the help of Jean
         Sabbagh, submariner.
              Copyright Editions Albin Michel, S.A., 1986 for French
         translation.
      Dutch Translation (De jacht op de Red October):
              ISBN:  90-229-5468-4
              Translated by: Thomas Mass and Rein van Essen
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
              1988, 316 pp.
              Copyright 1984 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      German Translation paperback (Jagd auf Roter Oktober):
              ISBN:  3-442-09122-5
              Published by Goldmann
   
   Red Storm Rising - RSR   (with Larry Bond)
      US Hardcover:
         ISBN: 0-399-13149-3
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         August 1986,   652 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1986 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd. and Larry
         Bond
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-10107-X
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         August 1987,   725 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1986 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd. and Larry Bond
      UK/AUS/NZ Hardcover:
         London: Collins
         /* Month? */ 1987,  652 pp.
         Copyright 1986 Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd. and Larry Bond
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
         ISBN:  0-00-617362-4
              Fontana/William Collins & Sons Co., Ltd. - Glasgow
              1987, 830 pp.
              Copyright 1986 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd. And Larry
         Bond
      French Translation:
              Translated by France-Marie Watkins, with the help of Jean
         Sabbagh, submariner.
              Copyright Editions Albin Michel, S.A., 1987 for French
         translation.
      Dutch Translation (Operatie Rode Storm):
              ISBN:  90-229-7728-5
              Translated by: Jan Smit
         A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
         1987, 423 pp.
         Copyright 1986 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd. And Larry Bond
      German Translation (Im Sturm):
              Hardcover:
              ISBN:  3-7645-0681-4
              Published 12/94 by Blanvalet
              Paperback:
              ISBN:  3-442-09824-6
              Published 05/96 by Goldmann
   
   Patriot Games - PG
      US Hardcover:
         ISBN: 0-399-13241-4
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         August 1987,   540 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1987 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-10972-0
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         August 1988,   503 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1987 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Hardcover:
         London: Collins
         /* Month? */ 1987,  616 pp.
         Copyright 1987 Jack Ryan Enterprises Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-00-617455-8
              Fontana, an imprint of HarperCollins publishers - London
              Special overseas edition
              1988, 616 pp.
              Copyright 1987 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      French Translation:
              Translated by France-Marie Watkins.
              Copyright Editions Albin Michel, S.A., 1988 for French
         translation.
      Dutch Translation (Ongelijke strijd):
              ISBN:  90-229-8069-3
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
              1988, 378 pp.
              Copyright 1987 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      German Translation paperback (Die Stunde der Patrioten)
              ISBN:3-442-09804-1
              Published by Goldmann
   
   The Cardinal of the Kremlin - COTK - CoTK
      US Hardcover:
         ISBN: 0-399-13345-3
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         July 1988,     543 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1988 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-11684-0
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         August 1989,   547 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1988 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Hardcover:
         London: William Collins Sons and CO Ltd
         /* Month? */ 1989,  816 pp.
         Copyright 1988 Jack Ryan Enterprises Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
         ISBN:  0-00-617454-X
              Fontana, An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers - London
              Special overseas edition
              1989, 626 pp.
              Copyright 1988 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      French Translation:
              Translated by France-Marie Watkins.
              Copyright Editions Albin Michel, S.A., 1989 for French
         translation.
      Dutch Translation (Kardinaal van het Kremlin):
              ISBN:  90-229-7815-X
              Translated by: Jan Smit
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht/Antwerpen
              1988, 396 pp.
              Copyright 1988 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      German Translation paperback (Der Kardinal im Kremi):
              ISBN:  3-442-09866-1
              Published by Goldmann
   
   Clear and Present Danger - CAPD - CaPD
      US Hardcover:
         ISBN: 0-399-13440-9
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         August 1989,   656 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1989 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-14437-2
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         August 1990,   688 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1989 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Hardcover:
         Guild Publishing London, by arrangement with William Collins
         Sons and CO Ltd
         /* Month? */ 1989,  626 pp.
         Copyright 1989 Jack Ryan Enterprises Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-00-617730-1
              Fontana - Imprint of HarperCollins - London
              Special overseas edition printed in Glasgow, Scotland
              1990, 816 pp
              Copyright 1989 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      French Translation:
              Translated by Evelyne Chatelain and Serge Quadruppani.
              Copyright Editions Albin Michel, S.A., 1990 for French
         translation.
      Dutch Translation (De Columbia connectie):
              ISBN:  90-229-8193-2
              Translated: by Jan Smit
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
              1989, 472 pp.
              Copyright 1989 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      German Translation (Der Schattenkreig):
              Hardcover:
              ISBN:  3-502-10123-X
              Published 1990 by Scherz
              Paperback:
              ISBN  3-442-09880-7
              Published by Goldmann
              Paperback with pictures from movie:
              ISBN:  3-442-42942-0
              Published by Goldmann
   
   The Sum of All Fears - SOAF - SoAF
      US Hardcover:
         ISBN: 0-399-13615-0 (acid free),
               0-399-13631-2 (limited ed.)
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         August 1991,   798 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1991 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-13354-0
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         August 1992
         Copyright (c) 1991 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Hardcover:
         HarperCollins Publishers
         1991,     802 pp.
         Copyright Jack Ryan Enterprises Ltd 1991
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
              ISBN: 0-00-647116-1
              Fontana - HarperCollins - London
              Special overseas edition printed in Glasgow, Scotland
              1992, 1030 pp
              Copyright 1991 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd
      Dutch Translation (Golf van ontzetting):
              ISBN:  90-229-7998-9
              Translated by: Jan Kroesen
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
              1992, 783 pp.
              Copyright 1991 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      German Translation (Das Echo aller Furcht):
              Hardcover:
              ISBN:  3-7645-1045-5
              Published 1992 by Blanvalet
              Paperback:
              ISBN:  3-442-42608-1
              Published by Goldmann
      Without Remorse - WR
      US Hardcover:
         ISBN: 0-399-13825-0 (acid free)
               0-399-13840-4 (limited ed.)
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         August 1993,   639 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1993 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-143332-5
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         August 1994
         Copyright (c) 1993 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
      UK/AUS/NZ Hardcover:
         BCA by arrangement with HarperCollins Ltd
         1993,     639 pp.
         Copyright Jack Ryan Limited Partnership 1993
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-00-647641-4
              HarperCollins - London
              Special overseas edition printed by Griffin in Aus.
              1994, 768 pp
              Copyright 1993 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd
      Dutch Translation (De meedogenlozen):
              ISBN:  90-229-8114-2
              Translated by: Jan Smit
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
              1994, 583 pp.
              Copyright 1993 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      German Translation (Gnadenios):
              Hardcover:
              ISBN:  3-455-00855-0
              Published 02/95 by Hoffmann & Campe
              Paperback:
              ISBN:  3-453-09952-4
              Published 06/96 by Heyne
   
   Submarine, A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship
      US Hardcover:
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         October 1993
         Copyright (c) 1993 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-13873-9
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         November 1993, 328 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1993 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         November 1993, 328 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1993 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      German Translation hardcover (Atom U-Boot):
              ISBN:  3-453-09093-4
              Translated 08/95 by Heyne
   
   Debt of Honor - DOH - DoH
      US Hardcover:
         ISBN: 0-399-13954-0 (acid free),
               0-399-13960-5 (limited ed.)
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         August 1994,   766 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1994 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-14758-4
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         August 1995,   990 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1993 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
      UK/AUS/NZ Hardcover:   ( as Debt of Honour )
         HarperCollins Publishers
         1994,     766 pp.
         Copyright Jack Ryan Limited Partnership 1994
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback (as Debt of Honour):
         ISBN:  0-00-647974-X
              HarperCollins Publishers
              Special overseas edition
              1995, 900 pp.
              Copyright 1994 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
      Dutch Translation (Ereschuld):
              ISBN:  90-229-8216-5
              Translated by: Jan Smit
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
              1995, 703 pp.
              Copyright 1994 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
      German Translation hardcover (Ehrenschuld):
              ISBN:  3-455-00855-0
              Published 01/96 by Hoffmann & Campe
   
   Armored Cav - A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment
      US Hardcover:
         G. P. Putnam's Sons
         December 1994
         Copyright (c) 1994 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-15836-5
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         November 1994, 325 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1994 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
   
   Tom Clancy's Op-Center
      US Hardcover:
         Not published in hardcover.
      U.S. Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-14736-3
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         February 1995, 387 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1995 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
                               and S&R Literary, Inc.
      UK/AUS/NZ Paperback:
              ISBN: 0-00-649658-X
              HarperCollins - London
              Special overseas edition printed in Glasgow, Scotland
              1995, 387 pp
              Copyright 1995 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd
      German Translation paperback (OP-Center):
              ISBN:  3-453-09240-6
              Published 1996 by Heyne
      Dutch translation (idem):
              ISBN: 90-229-8249-1
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
              Translated by: Rogier van Kappel
              1995, ? pages
              Jack Ryan Limited Partnership and S&R Literary, Inc., 1995
   
   Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Mirror Image
      US Hardcover:
         Not published in hardcover.
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-15014-3
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         November 1995, 436 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1995 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership
                               and S&R Literary, Inc.
      Dutch Translation (Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Contra-Commando)
              ISBN: 90-229-8269-6
              A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. - Utrecht
              Translated by: Jan Smit
              1996, ? pages
              Jack Ryan Limited Partnership and S&R Literary, Inc., 1995
   
   Fighter Wing - A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing
      US Hardcover:
         Not published in hardcover.
      US Paperback:
         ISBN: 0-425-14957-9
         Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
         November 1995, 331 pp.
         Copyright (c) 1995 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership


Plot Summaries
   
   The following are summaries of the main plots of the books.  These
   summaries are, by no means, complete, nor do they give away any
   endings, resolutions, or other surprises.  They are provided as a
   service for potential readers to determine which books to read, or re-
   read, next.
   
   Anyone wishing to write a plot summary for any of Tom Clancy's books
   should contact the FAQ maintainer and request the summary guidelines.
   
   
   The Hunt for Red October - HFRO - HfRO
      
      The Krazny Oktyabr (Red October), the Soviet Union's newest
      Typhoon class missile submarine has set sail.  In command is Marko
      Ramius, the Lithuanian born "test pilot of submarines."  With the
      death of the Red October's political officer the disenchanted
      Ramius and his hand picked cadre of officers begin their own
      mission.  A mysterious letter posted by Ramius to the chief
      political officer of the Soviet Navy initiates unprecedented
      Soviet Naval activities in the North Atlantic ocean.  Red October
      disappears as Soviet ships and submarines race towards the North
      American coast.  CIA analyst Jack Ryan believes the sub possesses
      an unusual, nearly silent propulsion system which renders it
      practically undetectable by sonar.  Ryan also believes that Ramius
      is attempting to defect to the west -- partially because
      intelligence sources have revealed the Soviet fleet has orders to
      find and sink Krazny Oktyabr!  Finding the sub and determining
      Ramius' true intentions draws both the Soviet and combined US/UK
      Navies into the hunt for Red October.  Both sides engage in an
      intricate game of chess played out on, under, and over the North
      Atlantic as fleets of ships, subs, and aircraft face off against
      each other while searching for the "lost" Red October.  Weapons
      are fired in anger, and blood drawn on both sides as Red October
      battles to complete Ramius' mission.
      
      By: Phil Staite   (94-12-01  06:15)
          internet: pstaite@vnet.ibm.com  internal: pstaite@rchland
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   
   Red Storm Rising - RSR    (with Larry Bond)
      
      When a major Soviet oil refinery at Nizhnevartovsk is destroyed by
      Islamic fundamentalist fanatics, the Soviet oil supply becomes
      critical.  Winter is coming and shortages will get worse.  The
      Politburo, the rulers of the Soviet Union, decide they have no
      choice but to seize the oil fields and refineries in the Persian
      Gulf to make up the shortfall and assure their own survival.  But
      NATO will not sit idly by and allow them to conquer the Gulf
      without opposition.  Many NATO nations depend on Gulf oil as well.
      So the Politburo decides that NATO must be neutralized before the
      Red Army can conquer the Gulf.  They institute a deception plan to
      keep NATO off guard while they prepare for the invasion of
      Germany.  The invasion plan is code name Red Storm.  When the
      invasion begins, World War III is on.  The key to NATO's
      successful defense of Germany is the supply line across the
      Atlantic.  As the NATO allies desperately try to keep the Atlantic
      supply line open, Soviet forces just as desperately try to close
      it.  The battle of the Atlantic, fought between two Navies with
      the most modern equipment, is just as deadly as the battle of
      Germany fought between two armies with the most modern equipment.
      From the halls of the Kremlin in Moscow to the East Coast of the
      United States there is a Red Storm Rising.
   
   
   Patriot Games - PG
      
      Jack Ryan and his wife and daughter are in London on a vacation.
      Ryan is a professor of history at the US Naval Academy at
      Annapolis and a former Marine officer and Wall Street stockbroker.
      He is taking advantage of the London vacation to research British
      signals from WW II for a book he is writing.  He meets his wife
      Cathy, an opthamological surgeon at Johns Hopkins University's
      Wilmer Eye Institute, and his daughter Sally at St. James Park.
      While they are discussing where to go for dinner that evening
      there is an explosion behind them.  Getting his family under
      cover, Ryan moves around to get a better view.  Three men are
      attacking a Rolls Royce right in front of him.  Realizing he is in
      a perfect position to interfere with the plans of the terrorists,
      for that's what they must be, Ryan charges in and stops the
      attack, killing one man and wounding another.  Dr. John Patrick
      Ryan, history teacher and former US Marine officer has ruined an
      operation of the Ulster Liberation Army (ULA), an ultra-violent
      offshoot of the violent Provisional wing of the Irish Republican
      Army (PIRA). The British are grateful for Ryan's intervention as
      the occupants of the car were members of the Royal Family.  The
      ULA, headed by Kevin O'Donnell, is upset with Jack's interference.
      Sean Miller, the man who planned the "perfect" operation and was
      wounded and captured, is furious at Ryan's meddling.  The PIRA is
      angry with O'Donnell for attacking the Royal Family.  Admiral
      James Greer, of the Central Intelligence Agency, sees this as a
      perfect opportunity to recruit Jack into the Agency.  Under the
      guise of patriotism, various organizations use the incident to
      forward their own agendas.  In an effort to protect his family
      from the wrath of the terrorists, Ryan is drawn further and
      further into a web of international terrorism, intelligence and
      covert operations.  But he is plagued by the question of whether
      what he is doing is right or wrong.  Is he defending his family
      and serving his country, or is he, too, starting to play Patriot
      Games?
   
   
   The Cardinal of the Kremlin - COTK - CoTK
      
      Cardinal of the Kremlin shows how the CIA works with their field
      agents in retrieveing information.  Mary Pat Foley and Tom Foley
      are introduced as the joint heads of the Moscow operation. The
      main plot is the race between the two superpowers in developing a
      ground based anti-missile weapon.
      
      By: Jon Fanter, University of Evansville, Hughes Hall S. 19
          jf5@mail.evansville.edu
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      
      When the Soviets develop a laser projector capable of destroying a
      satellite in orbit or an airplane anywhere in the world, the
      United States is alarmed.  The Soviets seem to be far ahead of US
      efforts.  In an attempt to determine the details of the Soviet
      achievement the CIA asks its top agent in Moscow, code name
      CARDINAL, to find out the specifics of the Soviet laser.  CARDINAL
      has been the top US agent in Moscow for over 20 years and Soviet
      counterintelligence never even suspected his existance.  Now, the
      KGB has gotten its first sniff that CARDINAL exists and won't give
      up until they catch him.  The American laser project has also come
      to the KGB's attention and they begin an operation to discover how
      far the US has gotten.  In the midst of nuclear missle reduction
      talks, both superpowers are developing technologies that could
      unravel the negotiations.  From the mountains of Afghanistan to
      the deserts of New Mexico, from the backrooms of Washington, DC.
      to the halls of the Kremlin, world peace may rest in the hands of
      the Cardinal of the Kremlin.
      
      By: Bob Marek
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   
   Clear and Present Danger - CAPD - CaPD
      
      When a US Coast Guard cutter intercepts a private yacht in the
      Gulf of Mexico, the crew discovers that the owner and his family
      have been brutally murdered.  They also discover a quantity of
      cocaine.  The owner was a millionaire friend of the President of
      the United States.  The US has been preparing to interdict aerial
      drug shipments in the Gulf by gathering intelligence in Columbia
      with specially trained US Army troops and using the information to
      intercept the inbound drugs.  The murder catalyzes the
      administration into accelerating the operation, named SHOWBOAT,
      and increasing its effectiveness by allowing a greater freedom of
      action by the intercepting officers.  In the meantime, Admiral
      James Greer has become ill with cancer and Jack Ryan has assumed
      the responsibilities of the Deputy Director of Intelligence as
      acting DDI.  Among Ryan's new duties is the job of briefing the
      Congressional Intelligence Oversight Committee about any
      operations in the field.  Because Ryan is new at the job, and
      because Bob Ritter doesn't trust him, Jack is not informed about
      operation SHOWBOAT.  Between the increased interdiction efforts
      and the discovery of some incredible information from the murder
      investigation, the Medellin Cartel headed by Ernesto Escobedo is
      badly hurt.  The Cartel retaliates, which causes the President to
      make a secret finding that the Cartel is a Clear and Present
      Danger to US National Security interests.  Operation SHOWBOAT is
      canceled and Operation RECIPROCITY begins.  And Jack Ryan still
      knows nothing about it.  The United States has become engaged in
      what could be an unsupported covert war in a foreign country and
      Congress has not been informed.  From the opulent haciendas in
      Medellin Columbia to the backrooms of Washington, DC, power
      politics is played with vicious treachery.  From the mountains of
      Columbia to the Gulf of Mexico to the southern shores of the
      United States the drug war increases in tempo and violence.  There
      is a Clear and Present Danger, but for whom?
   
   
   The Sum of All Fears - SOAF - SoAF
      
      Jack Ryan masterminds a Middle East peace-plan based on religion
      which promises world peace based on religious understanding.  This
      allows rapid settlement of problems in the Middle East, the one
      remaining trouble-spot.  Although Jack goes unrecognized for his
      efforts (due to personality differences with some in the Fowler
      administration), he continues his hard work at the CIA - to the
      detriment of his health.  Meanwhile, as world leaders become
      complacent about security, a group of fringe terrorists discover
      something in a field which has the potential to shatter the newly
      acquired peace, and test the competence of President Fowler.
      
      By: Cath Aiken, Dept of Management, University of Canterbury
          c.aiken@mang.canterbury.ac.nz
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   Without Remorse - WR
      
      John Terence Kelly, former US Navy Seal, Vietnam veteran, civilian
      underwater demolition expert and diving instructor is emotionally
      lost after the death of his pregnant wife in a car accident.  Six
      months afterwards he picks up a hitchhiker with an unsavory past
      and falls in love with her and she with him.  But her past
      associates catch up with her and punish her for running away from
      them.  She knows too much about their drug smuggling operations
      which they are about to expand dramatically.  Kelly is injured in
      the kidnapping and, after finding out what they did to her, vows
      revenge.  In the meantime, the Pentagon has discovered that
      certain US POWs who have been reported as killed in action are in
      fact being vigorously interrogated at a secret camp in North
      Vietnam.  Obviously, when the interrogations are complete, they
      will be disposed of, having already been officially declared KIA.
      They want those prisoners back, and the only person who knows the
      area around the camp is Kelly from a previous mission into the
      area.  The government recalls Kelly to service, under the name of
      Clark, and gives him the mission to rescue the POWs.  John Kelly
      has to balance his personal mission, hunt down and destroy the
      drug pushers, with his official mission, rescue the prisoners from
      the secret North Vietnamese interrogation camp.  And stay one step
      ahead of the police who are taking an interest in his personal
      form of justice.  Failure of either mission could cause the
      failure of the other as well, besides cost Kelly his life.  He
      must be fully professional in both endeavors or fail, he must
      execute both missions Without Remorse.
   
   
   Submarine, A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship
      
      Fact filled book about nuclear submarines.  All of the writing is
      geared toward giving the reader a feel for what it is like to be
      in a nuclear submarine and the uses to which they can be put.  It
      is aimed at the layman and doesn't overwhelm the reader with
      technical specifications or techspeak, though both are present.
      The book starts with a short history of the Silent Service up to
      the present.  It goes on to discuss crew training and how the
      boats are built.  You are taken on a walking tour of a US fast
      attack nuclear submarine, the USS MIAMI, SSN-755, a 688 (Los
      Angeles) class fast attack boat.  The boat, its equipment, and how
      the crew inhabit and use it are shown with words and
      illustrations.  Then a walking tour of a British Royal Navy fast
      attack nuclear submarine is given the same treatment.  The HMS
      TRIUMPH, S-93, a Trafalgar class fast attack nuclear submarine is
      contrasted with the MIAMI.  Commander and crew differences and the
      very different officer training of the Royal Navy is shown.  Under
      the chapter of Roles and Missions, several fictional, but quite
      real scenarios for submarine operations are shown.  Then the
      future of the submarine forces is discussed; what it looks like,
      what it could be.  Finally, identifications and some
      specifications are given for submarines in service with other
      countries, including the first public look at former USSR
      submarine classes, and some interesting facts about other
      submarines around the world.  The book finishes with a glossary
      and submarine bibliography.  Lots of pictures and illustrations.
   
   
   Debt of Honor - DOH - DoH
      
      After two years of retirement from government service, the
      president has asked Jack Ryan to come back.  Not into the CIA, but
      as the National Security Advisor.  With the end of world communism
      and the cold war, peace has not broken out all over.  The
      president's foreign policy has failed to rise to the challenge and
      the president turns to Jack to help him get his foreign policy
      house in order.  But Ryan is a little lost as well, the old rules
      of international intrigue no longer apply and Jack has to learn
      the new ones.  Meanwhile three unlikely allies prepare a blow
      against the United States.  Instigated by a Japanese businessman,
      Mr. Yamata, who hates the US because his family committed suicide
      on the island of Saipan during World War II rather than be
      captured by US Marines, the three allies are adding financial
      weapons to a military surprise.  Yamata feels he owes a Debt of
      Honor to his family and to his country.  An unusual auto accident
      in America adds the final pressure to initiate the plan.  Between
      the economic and military attack, the US may not be able to
      counter a chilling threat to world peace.  But from Washington, DC
      to Tokyo, Japan there are many more Debts of Honor to be paid than
      Yamata realizes.
   
   
   Armored Cav - A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment
      
      Fact book about the history, men, weapons, tactic, missions, and
      equipment of an Armored Cavalry Regiment.  The Introduction
      discusses the Cavalry arm of an army.  A primer on armored
      warfare, history, armor and ordinance is next.  The concepts of
      armor, and defeating armor are shown.  Then an interview with
      General Frederick Franks, commanding officer of the US Army's
      Training and Doctrine Command, headquartered at Fort Monroe
      Virginia, and the former commanding officer of VII Corps in Iraq,
      discusses the changes of Armored Cavalry from Vietnam through the
      Gulf war.  Including detailed reminiscences of the battle against
      the Iraqi Republican Guards Divisions north of Kuwait.  Current US
      Army armored vehicles, tanks, personnel carriers, jeeps and
      support vehicles are described in detail, with illustrations.
      Near future armor developments are next.  Followed by US Army
      Artillery systems, Aviation systems (helicopters), and individual
      soldier's equipment.  Next is a detailed look at the organization
      of a modern armored cavalry regiment, the 3rd Armored Cavalry, the
      "Brave Rifles".  Clancy next takes us on a full training mission
      with the "Brave Rifles" to the National Training Center at Fort
      Irwin.  The various training scenarios are shown and the 3rd's
      performance is explained.  Next, Captain H.R. McMaster Jr. is
      interviewed about his experiences in the armored cavalry in
      general and about his role as the commander of E troop of the 2nd
      Armored Cav in Iraq that was one of the three troops that smashed
      through the lines of the Iraqi Republican Guards Tawakalna
      Division, virtually destroying it in 20 minutes at the Battle of
      73 Easting.  In Roles and Missions several fictional but realistic
      scenarios for the use of the future armored cavalry force are
      played out.  Then the future of armored cavalry is discussed and
      the book closes with a glossary of terms and a bibliography.
   
   
   Tom Clancy's Op-Center
      
      A terrorist bomb explodes during a South Korean celebration of the
      anniversary of the election of its first President.  Alarms are
      raised in Washington. No one is claiming responsibility.  The
      first suspect is North Korea.  Could they be making a power play
      against South Korea and unification?  If so, how would the U.S.
      respond?  The job of finding out the answer to these questions is
      left to Paul Hood, Director of the Op-Center.
      
      The Op-Center, _a largely autonomous new agency_, is only six
      months old.  It has never been given a foreign crisis until now.
      Hood's team, which includes: A General, a former ambassador, a
      psychologist, and a computer specialist, try to find solutions,
      only to discover something that could change the new world-order.
      
      By: M. Goyal, BNR Ottawa, Disclaimers apply... mgoyal@bnr.ca
          95-01-13  19:30
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   
   Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Mirror Image
      
      Continuing the Op-Center series.  Elements in the new Russian
      Republic long for a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union.
      These elements gain control of the new Russian Intelligence
      Center, which is very much like the NSMC in resources, in order to
      implement a coup de tat.  Their plan is to destabilize Eastern
      Europe and take it back.  Op-Center becomes aware of the
      beginnings of this plan when several American and British agents
      are eliminated by Russian Intelligence in a return of cold war
      like tactics.  Paul Hood and his team at Op-Center must try to
      stop the Russian coup before the Eastern Europe lights up in
      flames.
   
   
   Fighter Wing - A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing
      
      To Be Done.


Characters
   
   This section gives some information about the major characters in
   each book.  If a character appears in more than one book s/he
   probably appears here.  If a character appears in only one book, but
   is a major character in that book (villains for example) s/he is
   probably in this list.  If you disagree with the inclusion/exclusion
   of a character, start a discussion on the newsgroup.
   
   These backgrounds are very sketchy.  They are intended to collect
   principle biographical information in one place.  For details of a
   particular character, read the book(s).  These are just rough
   outlines.  Information about what some character did in some book is
   deliberately left out to avoid spoilers.  /* well, pretty much so */.
   
   Chavez, Domingo "Ding", Staff Sergeant, USA
      
      CAPD, SOAF, DOH
      
      From Los Angeles.  Was a Hispanic gang member.  Entered the Army
      and discovered he liked it.  Decided to make the Army his career.
      Outstanding Light Infantryman.  Served with the 7th Light Infantry
      Division out of Fort Ord, California.  Recruited into CIA by John
      Clark.
   
   Clagget, Walter Martin "Dutch", Lieutenant Commander, USN
      
      SOAF, DOH
      
      Graduate of Annapolis.  Submarine officer.  Twice divorced.
   
   Clark, John Terence
      
      John Terence Kelly
      
      COTK, CAPD, SOAF, WR, DOH
      
      Field operative and training officer of the Central Intelligence
      Agency.
   
   Clark, Sandra Burns "Sandy"
      
      Maiden name Sandra Burns
      
      CAPD, SOAF, WR, DOH
      
      Married to John Clark.  Registered Nurse.  Two daughters.
      Formerly married to Lt. O'Toole, USA, KIA, Vietnam.
   
   Durling, Roger
      
      SOAF, DOH
      
      Former Governor of California.  Vice Presidential candidate with
      J. Robert Fowler.  Served as Lieutenant in US Army in Vietnam.
      Married.  Two children.
   
   Elliot, Elizabeth, PhD
      
      CAPD, SOAF
      
      Advisor to J. Robert Fowler.  Degree in Political Science from
      Bennington.  Foreign policy views are extremely leftist.
      Unmarried.
   
   Fowler, Jonathon Robert
      
      aka J. Robert Fowler and Bob Fowler
      
      CAPD, SOAF
      
      Former Governor of Ohio.  Presidential candidate.  Widower.  Wife
      died of cancer.  Dislikes name Johathon.  Prefers to be called
      Bob.
   
   Greer, James, Rear Admiral, USN, DDI
      
      HFRO, PG, COTK, CAPD, WR
      
      Deputy Director for Intelligence of the Central Intelligence
      Agency.  Recruited Jack Ryan into the CIA.  Widower.  One son,
      Killed in Action, Vietnam.
   
   Murray, Daniel E., FBI
      
      PG, COTK, CAPD, SOAF, DOH
      
      Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
      Specialization in counterterrorism.  Married.  At least two
      children.  Wife's name Liz.
   
   Ramius, Marko Alexandrovich, Captain First Rank
      
      HFRO, COTK
      
      Senior submarine commander of the Red Fleet.  Teacher of the best
      Soviet submarine commanders.  Commanding Officer of the Red
      October.  Married to daughter of Chief Political officer of Soviet
      Red Fleet.  Widower.  No children.  Lithuanian by birth.  Raised
      by maternal grandfather.
   
   Ritter, Robert, DDO
      
      HFRO, COTK, CAPD, WR
      
      Deputy Director of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency.
      Recruited John Clark into the Agency.  In earlier days, as a field
      officer, Ritter risked his life to save the life of one of his
      agents in Budapest.  This made him somewhat of a celebrity in the
      international intelligence community.
   
   Ryan, Lady Caroline Muller, MD, FACS
      
      Maiden name Caroline Muller
      
      HFRO, PG, COTK, CAPD, SOAF, DOH
      
      Surgeon specializing in opthamalogical surgery.  Married to Jack
      Ryan.  Trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
      Teaches, researches, and performs surgery at the Wilmer Eye
      Institute of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  Mother
      of 3.  Daughter of senior VP of a Wall Street investment firm.
   
   Ryan, Sir John Patrick, PhD, KCVO
      
      HFRO, PG, COTK, CAPD, SOAF, DOH, WR (cameo)
      
      Main protagonist (hero) in the above books.  Works for CIA in
      various capacities.  During earlier books exhibited a pathological
      fear of flying caused by severe injuries he sustained in a
      helicopter crash, magnified by the loss of his parents in an
      airplane crash.
      
      Early History (by Tom Clancy)            /* reformatted to fit  */
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      Newsgroups: alt.books.tom-clancy         /* host, thread, and   */
      Subject: Re: Jack Ryan History           /* incidental infor-   */
      Date: 15 Nov 1994 08:35:17 -0500         /* mation deleted.     */
      
      Clancy delivers the FINAL and DEFINITIVE word on John Patrick
      Ryan's education.
      
      1.  Son of a police lieutenant, and graduate of Loyola High
      School, Towson, MD, Jack attended Boston College, graduating with
      a B.S.  (or B.A., I never decided) in Economics (strong minor in
      History) and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United
      States Marine Corps (via NROTC), and while waiting for the Corps
      to assign him somewhere, passed the CPA exam.
      
      2.  After finishing the Basic Officers' Course at Quantico, VA, he
      deployed to a line unit as a platoon commander.  Soon thereafter
      as part of the Atlantic Fleet Fleet Marine Force (FMF), he was
      gravely injured in a helicopter crash on the island of Crete.  The
      Navy surgeons at Bethesda Naval Medical Center did an incomplete
      job of fixing his back.
      
      3.  This occasioned a lengthy recovery process (he was nearly
      addicted to narcotics as a result) after which, complete with a
      permanent disability, he left the USMC, passing his stock-broker's
      exam and taking a position with the Baltimore office of Merrill-
      Lynch.
      
      4.  Jack did so well there (also investing his own money and
      making about $6M) that a senior VP of the firm, Joe Muller, came
      to Baltimore to have dinner with Jack, with the objective of
      inviting Jack to the NYC headquarters.  Also present was Joe's
      daughter, Caroline Muller, then a senior medical student at the
      Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  Jack and Caroline
      (nickname Cathy) immediately fell in love.  Along the way, while
      having dinner with his fiancee, Jack had his back blow up.  Cathy
      took him directly to Hopkins, where the Professor of Neurosurgery
      fixed his back in relatively short order.  Jack subsequently went
      nuts persuading the government to terminate his disability checks.
      
      5.  Having made all the money he wanted, Jack left the firm,
      enrolling at Georgetown University for his doctorate courses in
      history.  Jack did a brief stint at the (then) Georgetown
      University Center for Strategic and International Studies, then
      accepted a teaching position at the U.S.  Naval Academy,
      Annapolis, MD.
      
      6.  Father Tim Riley, S.J., dropped Jack's name on a CIA contact,
      resulting in a brief consulting job at Langley, where he wrote a
      white paper called "Agents and Agencies," and also invented the
      Canary Trap, both of which came to the attention of Admiral James
      Greer, DDI/CIA.
      
      7. The rest is history.
      
      TC
      
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      /* Many thanks Mr. Clancy */
   
   Shaw, William Connor, FBI
      
      PG, COTK, CAPD, SOAF, DOH
      
      Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
      Specialization in counterterrorism.  Married.  At least one
      daughter.
   
   van Damm, Arnold
      
      CAPD, SOAF, DOH
      
      Chief of Staff to J. Robert Fowler.  Divorced.
   
   /* More to come */


Acronyms
   
   These are acronyms used in the books.
   
   --- Thanks to Cath Aiken for the suggestion and beginning list. ---
   
   CAG ......... Commander Air Group, AC Carrier Senior Air Officer
   CINCLANT .... Commander-in-Chief Atlantic
   CIA ......... Central Intelligence Agency
   CINCLANTFLT . Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet
   CINCPAC ..... Commander-in-Chief Pacific
   CNO ......... Chief of Naval Operations
   CO .......... Commanding Officer
   DCI ......... Director of Central Intelligence
   DDCI ........ Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
   DDI ......... Deputy Director for Intelligence
   DDO ......... Deputy Director for Operations
   DO .......... Director of Operations (SOAF)
   DO .......... Duty Officer
   EMCON ....... Emission Control (Radio & Radar Silence)
   GPS ......... Global Positioning System
   Intel ....... Intelligence
   NATO ........ North Atlantic Treaty Organization
   NSA ......... National Security Advisor (SOAF)
   NSA ......... National Security Agency
   OOD ......... Officer Of the Deck
   SACEUR ...... Supreme Allied Commander Europe
   SACLANT ..... Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
   SAM ......... Surface to Air Missile
   SecDef ...... Secretary of Defence
   UN .......... United Nations
   USAF ........ United States Air Force
   USN ......... United States Navy
   XO .......... Executive Officer (2nd in command)


References
   
   The Tom Clancy Companion
      Edited by Martin H. Greenberg
      ISBN: 0-425-13407-5
      Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group
      November 1992, 370 pp.
      Copyright (c) 1992 by Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
                                                                        
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