Tom Clancy: An Acclaimed Author and Best Seller

The book Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman was a biography about a true American hero by the name of Patrick Daniel Tillman who a professional football (NFL) for the Arizona Cardinals and later joined the. The books starts talking about He worked for everything he had from day one and was a big advocator about passion. After his football career he joined the army to fight in war against Al- Qaeda/ Taliban. He joined the army because of honor, patriotism, and pride. Also, because of the tragedy of 9/11, and he wanted to follow his family tradition. After joining the army, Pat kept a journal where he kept his thoughts in. After eight months of basic training, he was sent to Iraq, and Pat felt that the war was “Illegal as hell”. Going through all of the military’s protocol. He came to conclusion that the war

Over the course of his eleven years in the navy Antwone gained a sense of self-esteem, learned how to be more vocal, addressed the anger that his early life had built up inside him, and ultimately fell in love for the first time. He then spent a few years as a security guard before writing a screenplay and publishing his book.

Serving the United States Military comes with many responsibilities as well as pressure and accountability. However, the military isn’t for everyone, but it offers so much for those who serve. One thing that must be known and dealt with is that this career could be a life threatening one, and there are many obstacles one must go through beforehand.

O’Brien’s unification of fact and fiction is to illustrate the idea in which the real accuracy of a war story is less significant than storytelling. The subjective truth about what the war meant and what it did to change the soldiers is more meaningful than the technical details of the

“Fiction is the lie that helps us understand the truth.” This quote by Minnesota author and veteran, Tim O 'Brien, displays his passion for writing stories that make truth come to life. Tim O’Brien is a remarkable man who has positively affected the world through his literary works regarding the Vietnam War. His personal life and authorship through his military experience, have led to making him one of the most influential war authors to date.

He dropped out of high school and on his 17th birthday he signed enlistment papers. He left for boot camp six days later. Once in the Marine Corps he received a job in the computer department, which is where his love for computers

He then decides to join the school of military and then be enlisted in the armed forces. At the beginning, it seemed as if he was not cut out for the armed forces, but he found acceptance was with time. After being involved in war, he toughened up (CW, 2010). After he served his time in the war, Wes left the military as a veteran and got into business while pursuing all the opportunities that he could get.

Ed Howdershelt is an Author who was born on a military base in Maryland. He survived three wars and the Cold War era all while employed by spooks and paramilitaries. He joined the military at age 18. He worked 3 armies and a single air force on 3 different continents. He usually worked in US or NATO intelligence services. He began his writing career in 1996 by writing about his experiences and thinly disguising them as science fiction and fiction novels, he has written 34 books to date.

Although some think that is enough to not admit him to any other military service he later joined the Army through the proper channels and with a waiver.

Webb’s educational background helps to show, with the help of his military profile, that he is more than qualified to proficiently write on the subjects discussed in his novel, Fields of Fire.

Much of the inspiration that he uses comes from his experience working as a war correspondent and journalist, and his work with the Israeli Army and the US Army. His work has topped many bestseller charts across the globe where it has been translated into more than twenty languages. Some of his freestanding novels were selected by ALA as among the best 100 novels about the Second World

officers in the military are required to have an extended education depending on their path, while

Considering Grisham almost failed English in his high school career he ended up famous for writing suspense novels. However, he went to college to major in law. In 1989 he published his first book called A Time to Kill. In 1991 Grisham wrote a novel that was on the New York Times best-seller list for almost a year. Since Grisham wrote astonishing books, his books later came to be successful

For example,we know that he was in the army for twenty-nine years (he's 47). He seemed to have enjoyed the army and was very dedicated to it. You can see this in the quote " And that was my mission in life- to turn dirty,scruffy,pimply youths into soldiers. into men.

Proudly, he finished high school at the age of sixteen, but could not follow the footsteps of his older brothers and join the military, because he was too young. Therefore, he decided to continue his studies. The completion of his degree in biology was bittersweet. He was the first and the only one in his family to have graduated from college, however, there were not a lot of opportunities for a young African-American male in 1957, in small town Alabama. After taking few odd jobs, he decided to enlist in the military.