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Summary: Amazing Accuracy in the Details
Review: In 1981/82, I worked in the ASWOC at Keflavik . Many of the things I read in Red Storm Rising I knew to be factual and I had thought some were classified. Clancy is amazing in his ability to tell it "exacty the way it is."
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Summary: The first, and best Clancy novel (so far).
Review: The big difference between Red Storm Rising, and many of Clancy's later works is the absence of Jack Ryan.
RSR is a sweeping novel of Russia's invasion of Europe and the NATO response to the potential World War III situation.
My personal favorite part of the book is the use of the High-tension eletric wire corridors as emergency roads for the tanks. I had not previously considered that possibility, but even today, I sometimes look at high-tension wires and think how a highway would fit in that space, let alone a column of tanks.
This is a very good novel.
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Summary: Quite realistic, at least to a point.....
Review: I must say that I enjoyed this book very much ( in fact, I read it 3 times in a month) and although the plot is a little outdated for the 90's it is altogether readable. I'd say it's a must for any serious Tom Clancy fan
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Summary: This is the best book I've ever read.
Review: This is absolutely the best book I have ever gotten my hands on. This book is the pinaccle of my Tom Clancy book collection. The story line is so believable that it makes you worry that it's really going to happen
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Summary: Clancy delivers a first rate thriller in Red Storm Rising
Review: A wise general once noted "It is a good thing war is such a horrible thing, least we grow too fond of it." Clancy takes the excitement and intrigue of the battle field to our minds in Red Storm Rising. Middle Eastern terrorists destroy a major Russian oil complex. In the quest to replace the oil, the U.S.S.R. turns its eyes towards the oil fields in the Middle East. The only thing standing in the way is NATO. The battle for domination covers Europe, Iceland, and under the sea. Clancy amis high with Red Storm Rising, and he hits the mark exactly with his best book to date
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Summary: Long, Detailed, but Worth the Time Invested to Read
Review: My chief rave is that the book really does immerse you in the action. You can feel yourself in the
seat of the sonar officer on a sub or the radar officer on a ship. The naval action kept moving
forward unerringly.
My chief complaint is some of the excessive detail which adds bulk to a bulky story. Do I really care what model torpedo is fired every time one
is fired? I also fault the weak subplot of a
love story during wartime. It just wasn't all
that interesting. Of all the campaigns
going on, I found the ground war in Europe the least interesting from the point of the reader. It lacks the suspense of the submarine stories. It
lacks the speed of the air war. It lacks the intrigue of the intelligence war.
The story is not perfect. There are some definite loose ends with the finale. Sometimes
I kept wondering when some of the characters were going to come back to take their bows, and they
never did.
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Summary: Great story, but a few glitches
Review: This is an excellent war story. I have every respect for Clancy's work, but thats just what it is, a story. The Soviets would not have been able to so easly conquer Iceland. And During Nordic Hammer, the B-52H raid was a terrible account of what would have happened. A Buff can take more than one SAM hit and survive, this was proven in Operation Desert Storm. 23mm shells hitting the bomb bay will not detonate the ordanece.
Other problems with this book are the hints of the combat in Norway, the Pacific, and Indian Ocean but they are never talked about much. What about the Med? More attacks towords Scottland would have been more likely.
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Summary: A Great Novel Of World War III!!!!!
Review: Red Storm Rising is a great read! Sure there are a couple problems regarding the plot at the end but it's still pretty good! The "F-19" aspect, even though we all know that such a plane never existed, was still about as accurate as one could have expected the author to be able to do in the mid-'80s due to government security. Great action on land sea (and under it), in the air and in space in a limited way. Read it if you call yourself a Clancy fan like I do
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Summary: RSR - Clancy's Best Book by far!
Review: For all of you Clancy Fans who haven't read this book yet - Red Storm Rising is probably Clancy's best fictional work. It combines plot twists, adventure, and drama in a handful of dependent but overlapping story lines. After you read this book, you will not doubt Clancy's mastery of the written (fictitious word
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Summary: great novel with small mistakes
Review: I already read the book three or four times and still find it fascinating. Clancy writes in great detail and shows a great knowledge of military technology. The story is GREAT!
Neverthelss there is a lack of knowledge on todays Germany and topography: Parts of the story like that about the spetznatz leader at the main post office in Aachen or the 'camping site' on the way to Lammersdorf show his knowledge to be 'only' from maps and don't work in reality. German police and military structures and titles described are from times BEFORE World War II.
So would you please keep in mind, that this book is fiction in many ways, detailed and exact and real as it might seem.
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