Rainbow Six

A detailed Summary of Rainbow Six

I chose Rainbow Six for my leadership book review because there are effective leaders within the story, and because of the real life leadership application (and fiction is more fun to read). By this I mean that it's not a book discussing the theories on what makes an effective leader, but more of an illustrative example of an effective leader leaving the readers to reflect on why. Some of the traits and examples that I have picked out may also overlap with current leadership theories, and some that do not. However it's my personal opinion on why the character was an effective leader and I would welcome any discussion on it.

Story Summary (don't read if you don't want to know the ending):

Tom Clancy continues the saga of John Clark, an ex-CIA, ex-Seal operative, who is the head of an anti-terrorist special task force called Rainbow. This international group is composed of the best military operatives from around the world, specializing in covert operations, technology, and combat. In a trail by fire, Rainbow Six is confronted with a chain of seemingly unrelated terrorist events, initiated by an ex-KGB intelligence officer, Popov. But the ex-KGB officer is actually working for a wealthy biomed

ical company with a sinister plan in mind. It turns out the terrorist events were a cover to win a security contract for a access to the audience at the 2000 Sydney Olympics game, which meant access to over 100,000 virus carriers. The biomedical company is actually a radical environmental group bent of ending the majority of the human race, save a small band of environmentalist, through the use of a super virus called Shiva. But thanks to one of Rainbow Six' team, led by Domingo Chavez (Ding), the extremist were stopped, and the world was saved.

Lead by Example: One of the best leadership qualities that Ding demonstrated was his ability to lead by example. Not only did he train with the troops during their physical training, but he the first to be out there, thus leading by example. He also never asked his men to do anything that he himself would not do such as going on covert missions, or leaving his wife and newborn son to take on the next mission. Competition was also another quality that he instilled in his men by leading through example. Although he was not physically the best, he often pushed himself to during training exercises, and this in turn inspired his men to train harder.

Overall this was a pretty interesting novel, and I enjoyed the development of certain characters. However the ending was abrupt and unclimatic, almost as if Tom Clancy got bored and decided to end the story.<

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Approximate Word count = 952
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels