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Thomas Leo Clancy Jr., dit Tom Clancy, né à Baltimore dans le Maryland le 12 avril 1947 et mort le 1er octobre 2013 dans la même ville, est un romancier américain.

Ses romans d'espionnage, du genre techno-thriller ou thriller politique, sont technologiquement très documentés, et tournent autour du milieu du renseignement américain, plus précisément la CIA sur fond de guerre froide ou de terrorisme.

Il a connu un regain de popularité après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, non seulement pour sa description préalable, très vraisemblable, d'un attentat terroriste réalisé grâce au crash d'un avion sur un bâtiment , dans Dette d'honneur et Sur ordre , mais également grâce au scénario du jeu Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon sorti en 2001, où il prévoit un affrontement armé de la Géorgie, aidée par les États-Unis, contre la Russie en 2008.



✵ 12. avril 1947 – 1. octobre 2013
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Tom Clancy: Citations en anglais

“The more information a guy has, the more likely he is to say, "Hey, King Charlie, you really blew that call." That's why democracy happened. The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“The army led America in integration… The army recognized early on that, you know, black people are pretty much the same as white people; they just tend to be a little bit darker. They make just as good soldiers.”

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2000s, In Depth with Tom Clancy (2002)

“The thing you have to understand about fighter pilots is they never quite grow past the stage of little boys buzzing past girls on their bicycles.”

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1990s, CNN interview (1999)

“When the first mission of Rainbow Six was actually coming together we really started to realize that we might have a hit on our hands, but hadn't really expected the runaway success.”

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2000s, GameSpy interview

“Look, this is simple. The good old days are now. OK? The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“Certainly, we live in a different world … for the first time in all of known human history, we live in a world absent of the likelihood of superpower conflict. Now we live in a world in which there are superpowers, but we're not butting heads all the time. That's a very good thing for the world… but… there's still a few bad guys out there.”

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2000s, CNN interview (2000)

“The People's Republic of China is still a Marxist, Leninist, Maoist nation. So, you know, communism is still involved there. They haven't figured their way out of that particularly ideological box yet and that's their misfortune.”

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2000s, Larry King Live (2000)

“There's two kinds of people in the world, the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.”

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Tom Clancy livre Without Remorse

Without Remorse (1993), p. 231
1990s

“Countries that do not control knowledge and information tend to do better because the average guy who is exposed to a lot of information can get ideas and profit from them.”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.”

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1990s

“China has a lot of people and not enough space and the Russians have not too many people and a lot of space.”

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2000s, CNN interview (2000)

“I write strictly for fun… as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it.”

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Interview with Don Swaim (1986)
1980s

“The military has always been a very introspective organization… One of the reasons why the army is so progressive is its always examining itself. The army is always looking for better ways to do its job.”

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2000s, In Depth with Tom Clancy (2002)

“No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it. Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that…"”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“I'm a spy… I worked for the CIA 15 years. The cover was I worked for the insurance business.”

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Said Jokingly.
2000s, Larry King Live (2000)

“A field commander never has the information he needs. He has to go with his best hunch. The more information he has, the easier it is for him to win the battle.”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“I don't discuss works in progress…”

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Attributed variant: I don't discuss future works or works in progress.
2000s, GameSpy interview

“Ansara was sprinting up the tunnel, increasing the gap, but Moore was beginning to slow as he heard the thundering boots of men coming down the staircase behind them. He stopped, spun around, and dropped onto his belly as, lit by the flickering light from the tunnel entrance, a figure rushed forward, arm extended. For just a heartbeat Moore glimpsed his assailant's face: the cartel truck's driver.
Propped up on his elbows now, Moore fired once into the figure's chest, the round booting him sideways into the panels before he fell onto his back.
From behind him came two more men, the rest of the weapons-transfer crew, their Belgian-made cop-killer pistols flashing, the shots booming through the tunnel as one 5.7x28-millimeter round struck the pipe near Moore's elbow.”

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Tom Clancy livre Against All Enemies

With Peter Telep, Against All Enemies (2011), chapter 34
2010s

“Look, technology is another word for tool. There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. We got past that. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“There's been historical conflict between China and Russia for well over 1,000 years. … People forget that the Mongols came all the way to the Baltic Sea and all the way to where St. Petersburg is today … And the Russians have a good sense of history and they remember that.”

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2000s, CNN interview (2000)

“Back then "cruel and unusual punishment" meant the rack and burning at the stake — both of those things that had been used in pre-Revolutionary America — but in more recent rulings it has been taken to mean the absence of cable television and denial of sex-change operations, or just overcrowding in the prisons.”

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Tom Clancy livre Executive Orders

Executive Orders (1996), p. 613
1990s

“America is a country with a First Amendment, and you're allowed to publish just about anything you want, as long as it's not real secret information. Of course, nobody really does that except for, you know, you guys in the media.”

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2000s, Larry King Live (2000)

“If you want to tell me I'm a bum, that's okay.”

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2000s, In Depth with Tom Clancy (2002)

“People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, they have more knowledge, they have more information. All this is the result of communications technology and the tools with which man has equipped himself. How is any of that bad?”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“What underclass? I mean you know, what underclass? Do you know any of them? Do they have automobiles? Most of them probably do. Do most of them have television sets? Do most of them have telephones? Well, if they can afford automobiles, they can afford computers. And since they have television sets, they already have access to communications technology. And since they have telephones, they can talk to one another. Wherein are they deprived?”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“"Rainbow Six" was sort of a spinoff of one my books, which did pretty well. … Interestingly enough, I never play the games. I just sort of — it's more fun for me to help formulate them than it is to play them.”

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2000s, Larry King Live (2000)

“Democracy is spreading across the world. Democracy is only possible with easy access to information and good communications. And technology is a way of facilitating communications.”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.”

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1990s, Schafer interview (1995)

“Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?”

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As quoted in Escape The Pace: 100 Fun And Easy Ways To Slow Down And Enjoy Your Life (2002) by Lisa Rickwood; this quote appears at least as early as 1996 online
1990s

“My wife will tell you I'm practically addicted to the History Channel … and I read a lot of history.”

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2000s, CNN interview (2000)

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