Notes on General Anthony
"Tony" Zinni
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Battle Ready
by Tom Clancy, General Tony Zinni
About the Authors:
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.
Book Description
In his first three Commanders books, Tom Clancy
teamed with Generals Fred Franks, Jr., Chuck
Horner, and Carl Stiner to provide masterful
blends of history, biography, you-are-there
narrative, insight into the practice of
leadership, and plain, old-fashioned
storytelling. Battle Ready is all of that-and it
is also something more.
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.
Battle Ready follows the evolution of both
General Zinni and the Marine Corps, from the
cauldron of Vietnam through the operational
revolution of the seventies and eighties, to the
new realities of the post-Cold War, post-9/11
military-a military with a radically different
job and radically different tools for
accomplishing it. It is an eye-opening book-a
front-row seat to a man, an institution, and a
way of both war and peace that together make this
an instant classic of military history.
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In an official meeting at which
Kwiatkowski was present, Luti openly called
Marine General, former Chief of Central Command,
and Middle East envoy Anthony Zinni, a
"traitor" for having reservations about
the march to war, and open contempt and calls for
Secretary of State Colin Powell to resign were
common. What she observed until her voluntary
early retirement was nothing less than a
full-scale assault on the intelligence and
policymaking apparatus of the United States. She
witnessed intelligence and careful analysis being
replaced with propaganda, falsehoods and
manipulation and fed to the Congress and the
Executive Office of the President. This
"fear peddling" was, Kwiatkowski
writes, "designed to take Congress and the
country into a war of executive choice, a war
based on false pretenses." Dual
Loyalties: Pro-Israel influence on US policy
Zinni's
decorations include the Defense Distinguished
Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal
with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal
with Combat "V" and gold star in lieu
of a second award, and the Purple Heart. GENERAL
ANTHONY ZINNI JOINS CSIS
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Closeup of Gen.
Zinni.
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In sum, in late 1997 and
the spring of 1998, the lead U.S. agencies each pursued
their own efforts against Bin Ladin.The CIA’s
Counterterrorist Center was developing a plan to capture
and remove him from Afghanistan. Parts of the Justice
Department were moving toward indicting Bin Ladin, making
possible a criminal trial in a NewYork court.
Meanwhile,the State Department was focused more on
lessening Indo-Pakistani nuclear tensions, ending the
Afghan civil war, and ameliorating the Taliban’s
human rights abuses than on driving out Bin Ladin.
Another key actor, Marine General Anthony Zinni, the
commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command, shared
the State Department’s view. 9-11
Commission Report Chapter 4 RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA’S
INITIAL ASSAULTS
Oriental Rugs the O'Connell Notes
Copyright Barry O'Connell 2004 - 2008.
Last revised: January 31, 2008.
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