Book Review: 'The Tom Clancy Companion' (1992 Edition)
Reviewer's Note: This review is about the original 1992 edition; Berkley published an updated edition in 2005. Until his death in October of 2013, Tom Clancy was a best-selling novelist whose books about American intelligence and defense agencies are read by millions of readers all over the world. Some of his novels, particularly 1986's Red Storm Rising , are even required reading at some of our prestigious military academies. Four of his novels have been adapted into popular films, and a vast array of books (nonfiction as well as his novels), video games (Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell), board games, and computer simulations is available in many marketplaces, including malls, used bookstores, and online stores such as Amazon. The Tom Clancy Companion , edited by Martin H. Greenberg (the brain behind the seven volume Guided Tour series of non-fiction books about the U.S. armed forces) is a 1992 reference book that explores the Clancy phenomenon at the popular and critica