Book Review: 'Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment'
(C) 1994 Berkley Books Before his unexpected death on October 1, 2013, Tom Clancy wrote 19 novels, 17 of which were set in what reviewers and his legions of fans refer to the "Ryanverse" (so-called because they feature either his central character, John Patrick Ryan, Sr. and a large supporting cast that includes his son Jack Ryan, Jr.). Most of those novels were best-sellers; including The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising (the only best-seller that was not set in the Ryanverse), and the last Jack Ryan/Jack Ryan, Jr. books he co-wrote with Grant Blackwood and Mark Greaney between 2010 and 2013, In addition to his works of fiction, Clancy also wrote many non-fiction books about various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, including the seven-book "Guided Tour" series that began with 1993's Submarine: A Guided Tour of a Nuclear Warship and ended with Special Forces: A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces (2001). These books were co-written with res