Tom Clancy: from the Cold War to counterterrorism…

I read most of Tom Clancy’s books until he started writing about a secret, privately financed, vigilante organization…a bit over the top for even this old thriller writer. Up to that point and independent of his politics, I thought he could spin a good yarn backed by enough techno-babble that it all seemed real (see the Clancy quote running across the banner of this website). In fact, I’d wager that some higher mucky-mucks in the Pentagon weren’t happy at times with his description of U.S. an...