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Tom Clancys Op-Center Divide and ConquerThe nation is about to be in another Middle East war, precisely they wear upont know it yet, even the president doesnt know it. Will Paul Hood inform the president with the correct information in succession? Will war break out in Azerbaijan? In this political thriller you really dont know what is going on right up until the end.Paul Hood is the main character he is the head of Op-Center, the United States division that deals with information sharing with Allis countries to stop terrorism. He is going through a divorce, and his daughter was just held hostage in an U.S. embassy (I think this happened in the book before the one I read). He had resigned from Op-Center because of all the things happening in his life, but he went back because he couldnt live without it. Paul Hood would be classified as a workaholic.The Chief of Staff (Red Gable), the frailty President (Charles Cotten) and Secretary of the State (Jack Fenewick), are all in on th e conspiracy to start a war in order to secure the U.S. crude supply for the next millennium. The conspiracy will also put Charles Cotten into the presidency, with Michael Lawerence (current president) being forced out of office.The conspiracy that the Eyes Only Group (Gable, Cotten and Fenewick) has intend is that of terrorism and treason. The plan is the terrorist known as the Harpooner will blow up an oilrig in Azerbaijan, making them think that the Iranians it. The Iranians will claim they didnt, but everybody will think they are lying, because the dead bodies found will be that of Iranians, and they will be wearing the uniform of the elite Iranian military force. Tensions will grow, war will break out. The whole time the president will be fed mis-information that he will talk internationally with this mis-information, then confine to eat his words, when everybody says What? We didnt know that. The public will think the president has lost his sanity, and he will be forced to resign.Paul Hood has to grok deep to find the connection between the Eyes Only Group and Azerbaijan, and get the information to the president before he decides to go to war.