Jack Ryan is catapulted into the presidency in the aftermath of calamity. With the former president assassinated, Congress destroyed & most of the government killed, he must rebuild the leadership of the nation at the same time as overseeing the investigation into the crime.
"This readable volume was written before the various peacekeeping debacles of 1993 in Somalia and Haiti, but its analysis stands up remarkably well in light of these fast-changing situations... Consideration of [the guidelines for peacekeeping laid out by Paul Diehl] might have...
"Debt of Honor" ended with Clancy's most shocking conclusion ever--a joint session of congress destroyed, the president dead. Dazed and confused, the man who only minutes before had been confirmed as the new Vice President, is now told that he is the president--President John...