01166cam a2200301 4500 547797706 TxAuBib 19990602120000.0 980830s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96023388 9780399142185 0399142185 9780399142192 limited ed. 0399142193 limited ed. IMchF IMchF TxAuBib Clancy, Tom, 1947- Executive orders / Tom Clancy. New York : Putnam, 1996. 874 p. ; 24 cm. Wilson's Fiction. Pub Weekly. New York Times. When a Japanese airliner plows into the Capitol building killing the President and most of the members of his Cabinet and Congress, Jack Ryan reluctantly assumes the role of Commander in Chief and must simultaneously calm the nation, conduct an investigation, reassemble the government, and face off with the country's enemies. Adult. 19990602. Executive power Fiction. United States Politics and government Fiction.