Shadow Warriors

Inside the Special Forces

By: Tom Clancy, Carl Steiner, Tony Koltz

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

Teams of dedicated, highly specialized soldiers trained to a higher standard than regular forces...an armamentarium of advanced weapons and tactics...a variety of exotic, critical assignments for the good of the nation - the U.S. Special Forces seem tailor-made for Tom Clancy, progenitor of the techno-thriller.

In this factual account written with General Carl Steiner (Ret.), a commander who held responsibility for all U.S. Special Operations forces across all service lines, we get special insight into a largely secretive community whose members do not talk about their work. We hear about it only afterwards: the Achille Lauro hijacking, the "takedown" of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, the efforts to find Aidid in Somalia. These are men sent in to do the impossible - and often, they achieve it.

©2002 Tom Clancy and Carl Stiner (P)2001 Books on Tape Inc.

Critic reviews

“Some action vignettes from [Special Forces] roots in WWII and Vietnam rival Clancy fiction.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“The plethora of insider history and firsthand operation specifics…will please the historically minded.” (Publishers Weekly)

Very Insightful

Clancy and Steiner deliver a thorough account showing the demands and capabilities of US SOF.

A good historical book.

A look at the Special Forces from its early days 9/11. a really good read

Clancy is always a good read !

And Shadow Warriors didn’t disappoint ! Overalls very good book well researched and fluid. I would recommend to any Clancy fan that hasn’t already read it but since it’s been out for quite awhile I’m sure most have already read and reread it!

Shadow Warriors

My Kingdom for an editor!
This was one of those very rare occasions where I wished I had bought the abridged version. The work is loaded with facts and information, as interesting as they may be, that bear little to no revelance to the topic of Special Forces. Sadly at times it seems that the book filters the role of the SF through the life and career of General Steiner, rather than General Steiner's life filtered through the role of the SF. Would a better title have been 'Shadow Warrior"?
Beside that, the book offers some thrilling moments and Jonathan Marosz delivers another great narration.

Great book.

As usual Clancy has written a great book. The problem with it is that this is more an autobiography of Carl Stiner than a history of Special Forces.

Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the autobiography, but that's not what I bought the book for.

The other problem is Jonathan Marosz. He has an easy voice to listen to, but his pronunciation of military terms (USAREUR), place names (Huachuca is pronounced wah-chuca not haw-chuca) and common words (ruck sack not ruke sack) is annoying as heck.

I would expect a professional to do some research and learn to pronounce the military terms and place names. I would expect a production team to correct the mis-pronunciation of common words that happened throughout the book.

Overall this was a good book even if it wasn't what I expected.

Classic

This is an excellent book. An outstanding review of the wife of general Steiner and an excellent narrative on recent events. If you want to understand special forces and special operations it is a must read.

good book

a good look at the usas war on terror before 911
and the inception and coming of age of us sf

Great read!

another awesome book by Clancy! great insights 18 years later as we continue to fight the war on terror.

Annoying Narration

Good story but I found Jonathan Marosz inflections and tendency to end sentences as if they where questions a bit annoying and almost made me quit listening and read it instead.

SHADOW WARRIOR

SHADOW WARRIOR is a great story that brought me back to wear I was and what I was doing at that time.