Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan served as an Irish Army Officer from 1989 to 2000. He served in operational units at home in Ireland and on active overseas duty in Lebanon. He commanded troops in Lebanon during the controversial and violent Israeli 'Operation Grapes of Wrath' in April 1996 and worked as an OSCE Election Monitor in Bosnia during the implementation of the Dayton Accords in 1996. He is Security Analyst with the Irish Times, where he provides in-depth defence and military analysis of fast-moving international events. He also provides expert military and security analysis to RTÉ television and radio, and international broadcasters including the BBC and Sky News. Blood, Sweat and Tears is his first book.