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History Matters: Author Tom Clancy made military history matter

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published October 8, 2013 at 7:35 AM CDT
Dr. Gary Joiner
Dr. Gary Joiner
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Sometimes a person can become a part of history without playing a central role. Commentator Gary Joiner has this appreciation for the late Tom Clancy who penned best sellers of international intrigue and espionage and forever changed the military thriller genre.
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Commentary Tom ClancyThe Hunt for Red OctoberLoyola of BaltimoreDeborah GrosvenorNaval Institute Press
Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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