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The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

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Tom Clancy
Age: 66 †
Born: 1947
Born: April 12
Died: 2013
Died: October 1
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Prosaist
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr.
Thomas Leo Tom Clancy Jr.
Thomas Leo Tom Clancy
Jr.
Thomas Clancy
Thomas L. Clancy
Amateurs
Discuss
Tactics
Soldiers
Professional
Soldier
Study
Logistics

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