Red Storm Rising

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Summary: This is the definitive Tom Clancy novel
Review: This book shows you what Tom Clancy does best. He integrates modern military technology with a good story. Great follow up to Hunt for Red October.

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Summary: A good book to begin reading Tom Clancy
Review: This was the very first Tom Clancy book I read. I found it very easy to read, and quite enjoyable. Ever since I read this, I have read nearly all of Clancy's novels. This, in my opinion, is right up there with "The Hunt for Red October" (5 stars) and "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" (5 stars). I highly recommend it.

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Summary: A good idea made into a bad novel
Review: This novel is very long and boring.When Clancy describes the submarine battles,the text results heavy and very difficult to follow.In fact,the novel contains too many technical details about the weapons.The book would be better if it contained more references about the persons.And I have to say that I think that this novel has a excess of 400 pages.(The Spanish edition of Plaza y Janes has almost 1000 pages in small format)

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Summary: Fantastic rendition of war at it's maximum release
Review: Outstanding account of the transition from peaceful tranquility to all out war in our modern age. Although currently dated with the close of the "cold war", it's realism and potential scenario present a very relevent and feasible situation. It also demonstrates that war often finds hero's among common people thrust into unbelievable and/or extraordinary circumstances.

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Summary: Dated, but excellent writing
Review: Chilling WWIII scenario from before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Very well done. So far, the only Clancy novel to be written outside the Jack Ryan/John Clark universe.

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Summary: A very believable scenario for WWIII
Review: This was the first Clancy book I ever read and I couldn't put it down. Clancy clearly draws out a very believable scenario for WWIII. The book perfectly covers into all the points of battle being air, sea, and land. It is just amazing how Tom can put together very believable global situations and then create a war out of them.

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Summary: Easy to read
Review: I found this book exciting and easy to read, though it is not the type of book that would bring much pleasure with repeated readings. It's a good book to read on a lazy weekend or a long plane flight.

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Summary: A thriller from begining to end
Review: This was the first Clancy book I ever read. From the first time I picked it up to when I finished it, I could not put it down! It is a MUST read for ALL MILITARY FANS! Though the book is a little old and some of it might confuse people today (i.e. F-19, it is actually today's F-117) It is a magnificently written book.

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Summary: The all-time technowar handbook
Review: It seemed impossible to dethrone "Red October" as the best Clancy's, but this one just did it! After having read these two novels I am afraid of going further, it seems impossible to create something more chilling, real-sounding, breathtakingly accurate. Tom Clancy should revise this book every 5 years or so and add new weapons systems and up-to-date military stuff. The plot really deserves it! And when is the super-movie scheduled for?

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Summary: Unmatched Accuracy and detail
Review: I have read Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising three times. This book is unmatched in its frightening realism and detail. Mr. Clancy's finest piece for all you Clancy fans out there. Red Storm is a large book, encompassing a theoretical world war III between the Soviet Union and the United States. Mr Clancy's extensive knowledge in the areas of submarine as well as political warfare have made this book into a gripping "what could have happened" senario. I recommend this piece of literature to anyone who enjoys reading military based or political based literature. The realism of Red Storm Rising will shock you and make you think of the cold war in a whole new light.