In Trap, Dennis Wesley Clark weaves a suspenseful story. The story starts out using real facts and details. From here the story becomes a real page turner. All along the Southwest Coast of Florida high end boats start disappearing. It takes awhile for the pattern to emerge. The boats are being stolen to smuggle Cubans into the USA. The thieves are coached by a Miami based attorney to stay under the radar or minimize the charges. The police are challenged in stopping the thieves. There are numerous access canals into the boats and it is difficult to stop the thieves from the shore and the marine response is just too slow. Further, the Feds know of the gang's activities; but, they are delaying action waiting to build a 'perfect case'. The thefts continue. In Punta Gorda, local residents demand action and offer solutions. Finally, the local police devise a plan to defend themselves. Instead of attempting to catch the thieves on the way out, they use game cameras with motion sensors to ID the thieves on the way in. Unfortunately, the thieves turn violent. A police officer is wounded and another is killed. The police chief wants to get this gang. Up in Washington, the lethal action of the thieves proves to be embarrassing. The President orders a special task force to eliminate the gang and send a message. The federal task force teams up with the local police chief. Five key points of their plan are: put the Miami attorney out of business; kill the gang members in the USA; issue no-bond warrants on all Mexican government officials supporting the thieves and individuals getting these boats for their personal use; kill the king-pin of the gang in Mexico and deny success by destroying all stolen boats sequestered in Mexico.

These Vietnam POW's had been through hell to get home. But, he was one of those government officials who attempted to hide their escape and betray them for political expediency. They reversed the betrayal. He was bitter about the settlement money. Twenty years later, he retired from high public office. He had a grudge to settle. He sent his loyal zealots to physically harm them. And, he initiated attacks using the FBI and IRS. Challenges. First, who was launching this belated attack on them? Why? Then, they were faced with a conundrum. Their beliefs demanded they respected the law and his protected position. How could they defend themselves? Their defense unfolds in typical military precision: identify your enemy, know your enemy, assess the situation, isolate the target, define a plan of attack, execute and remove the threat. The story is a race between evil and good. Alone, they are threatened with defeat. Other good forces are on the way; could they get there in time?

In Hard Way Home, Dennis Wesley Clark weaves a powerful story, a true page-turner. The Vietnam War was over. Some soldiers were left behind-confirmed by live sightings. The pressure for their return was augmented with threats. But, the threats had unintended consequences . . . the enemy devised a plan to ensure none were ever found. As the purge was being executed, thirteen Americans POWs and MIAs learned of the plan. They divided into three escape plans: escape out to sea, escape to Thailand, and an arduous overland journey. In the last plan, their arrival was an utter surprise to Washington. Knowledge of their arrival would derail proposed national agendas. A compromise plan was developed and quickly spun out of control. The betrayal was cleverly reversed. In the end, each man comes to terms with a life left behind. The bittersweet choices wrench at the heart. This fact-based fiction novel leaves the reader questioning what is real, what is fiction, and what is possible.

In Waging Modern War , General Wesley K. Clark recounts his experience leading NATO's forces to a hard-fought and ultimately successful victory in Kosovo in 1999. As the American military machine has swung into action in the months following the attacks on the World Trade centre and the Pentagon, it has become clear that the lessons of Kosovo are directly applicable to the war against terrorism and the nations that sponsor it. The problems posed, and overcome, in the war in Kosovo-how to fight an air war against unconventional forces in rough terrain and how to coordinate U.S. objectives with those of other nations-are the problems that America increasingly faces in the today's world. As the Los Angeles Times noted in late September of 2001, this book's "lessons are highly relevant now, . We need to think about exactly what steps will lessen, rather than increase, the terrorist threat. And we also need innovative commanders willing to improvise to meet a new kind of threat, more determined political leadership, a more flexible outlook in the Pentagon, . Gen. Clark has performed another service by highlighting these problems at a crucial moment in American history." Waging Modern War is history, memoir, guidebook, and forecast, essential reading for those who want to know how modern war is fought, and won.

With the end of the Cold War came not the end of history, but the end of America's sense of its strategic purpose in the world. Then, after a decade of drift, the US was violently dragged back into international conflict. Its armed forces responded magnificently but its leaders' objectives were substantially flawed. We fought the wrong war,twice,for reasons that were opaque, and few American citizens understood the cause for which their sons and daughters were fighting and dying.War is a poor substitute for strategic vision, and decisions made in the heat of imminent conflict are often limited by the emotions of the moment. In Don't Wait for the Next War , Wesley K. Clark, a retired four-star general of the US army and former Democratic candidate for president, presents a compelling argument for continued American global leadership and the basis on which it can succeed,a new American strategy. America needs both new power and deeper perspective. The platform for American leadership is to use America's energy resources to spark sustainable economic growth, building new strength to deal with pressing domestic issues like the deficit as well as the longer term challenges to US security,terrorism, cyber threats, the next financial crisis, China's rising power, and climate change.Such a strategy is not only achievable but essential, and it is urgently needed. This is the true test of American leadership for the next two decades, but it must start now, so America has the power and vision to deal with the acute crises that will inevitably come,in the Mideast, Europe, or Asia.