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 biomedical 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.
             Overall this was a pretty interesting novel, and I enjoyed the development of certain characters. However the ending was abrupt and uncl
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