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Summary: Clancy Champions Strategy
Review: Readers of Tom Clancy know his skill at detailing the technological implements in his novels and finely weaving the plots into actual (or not yet realized) world events--fiction in a non-fiction setting."Red Storm Rising" is a bit of a departure as it takes place in a more fictionalized setting as the United States and the Soviet Union battle in a third World War. The departure is successful as Clancy creates an incredibly-well-strategized war and mixes it with enough human interest to keep the novel from becoming a West Point textbook. Clancy's research and knowledge about weaponry and military strategy shine in "Rising" which shows, in a perfectly believable fashion, how a war could have gone between the two superpowers of the 1980's. Economics, the nuclear question, and logistics all figure into one hell of a great read...the best WWIII novel I have come across. Highly recommended.
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Summary: TERRIFIC !!!
Review: This is my favorite Tom Clancy novel ! I truely enjoy each of his works but this one's just the best. While it doesn't have the character Jack Ryan (Clancy's alias-ego), it DOES have Bob Toland, Dan McCafferty and others, who I really enjoyed and felt connected to. The characters come alive in this sweeping drama about WW3 taking place in the European theater. I've read this book perhaps 25 times, which I'll admit sounds absurd, but it's just GREAT ! There is the requisite Clancy technical detail, AND there is excellent character development along with a very interesting plot and great descriptive scenes...I think this is a real masterpiece. Buy this book, take you time when reading it to visualize eath scene, and ENJOY !!
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Summary: Views From A Vet
Review: This book is so realistic for it's time is is frightening! This book is the first public mention of the Stealth program. That alone is frightening since we know what we know now. Since I cannot give a view from any other than Air Force, I can't vouch for the rest. But from my memory, everything here is as accurate as can be, even with inside info.
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Summary: One of Clancy's best
Review: This book does not fit into the usual Tom Clancy Jack Ryan/John Clark series. It is rather a "What If?" story that hypothesizes on how WWIII would have unfolded in Europe between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Due to an internal terrorist act by Muslim fundamentalists, the Soviet Union needs to find new sources of oil. The Politburo decides to invade the Persian Gulf area and seize the oil fields there. But they are afraid the U.S. would be able to marshal the resources to stop such an assault. So the decision is made to "distract" the U.S. and NATO by launching an invasion of Western Europe. The action takes place mostly in Washington D.C., Iceland and the North Atlantic, Germany, and Moscow. Clancy brings his usual attention to detail to this work. The strategy and tactics used by each side, if not textbook, are certainly believable. If you enjoy "What If?" fiction or Clancy's work in general, buy this book.
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Summary: A brilliant military fantasy
Review: This was the first of Tom Clancy's books I had read, and thought it was brilliant, if somewhat dated. Though it is very long, and often confusing when you have to remember which character is which, the amount of action packed into the last 600 pages has far more entertainment value than Dale Brown's over-rated thrillers.
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Summary: Timeless....
Review: There are some CD's that always seem to make their way back into your CD player, no matter how many times you've listened to them, or how many other CD's you've bought since. The same is true of books - there are some books that you periodicaly have the urge to reread because they're that good - sometimes, you'll just pick it up after remembering a favorite bit and wanting to reread just that part. Dune by Frank Herbert is such a book, and so is Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising. In all of Clancy's other books, he's at his best when he's describing actual combat. What sets Red Storm Rising apart from the rest of his books, I think, is that he's depicting actual combat during virtually the entire 700+ pages. Just as importantly, though, is that the story portrayed in RSR, and the characters contained within, are more sophisticated and better developed than their counterparts in most of Clancy's other books. In Red Storm Rising, we follow several major characters - a U.S. army sargeant in command of an M1 main battle tank in Germany, a stealth fighter pilot, the Soviet general who is second in command of their army, the General's aide who is the son of a politburo member and thus very important to his general, Bob Tolland, a US Naval intellegence officer who is ultimately responsible for the US learning the true reasons for the Russions starting the war, Dan McCaffrey, captain of the attack sub USS Chicago, Lieutenant Edwards, a U.S. Air Force meteorologist who is trapped in Iceland when the Soviets invade and becomes a covert spotter for the alies monitoring Soviet activities there, and a US firgate captain who has his first ship torpedoed out from under him and must some how cope with the loss and regain his confidence so that he can command effectively again. In the context of the year 2000, 14 years or so after this book was written, RSR stands the test of time with two caveats. First, the book was written before the US acknowledged the existince of the F-117 stealth fighter, and so Clancy refers to the F-19 (as it was speculated to have been called before this) and assigns attributes to the F-19 reminiscent of popular speculation before the F-117 was announced. Second, of course, is the colapse of the eastern block and with it the day to day reality of the cold war, which sort of destroys the premise of the book to a degree. None the less, in every other way Red Storm Rising is a classic, and IMHO probably Clancy's best.
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Summary: TERRIBLE, LONG-BORING, COULDN'T WAIT TO PUT IT DOWN....
Review: I am a fan of Tom Clancy. I have read all but 2 of his novels and this was by far the worse....the story line was good, but the detail was so boring i wanted to skip half the book. In 350 pages this could have been good....now i understand why some readers view clancy as too detailed, technical and boring....
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Summary: Great WWIII book
Review: This book shows in a very good fashion how easy a World War III could start. Some terrorists blow up oil wells in Russia, what does Russia do? They decide to steal oil from other countries. Thats a good way to start a war, considering our society is totally based upon oil these days. This has a great plot, but is very drawn out and technical (like most of Clancy's novels...) but is still very good. The book constantly switches between the war and a group of people lost in Iceland. This really makes the suspense nerve racking. This book is very long, and I am not to compelled to re-read it. It is also very technical, and it bothers me at times. Still, it is worthy of 4 stars. I am sure Clancy has better books out, I am reading Patriot Games and it is better already. I do recommend this book to Clancy fans or people who would like a good thriller but don't mind all this techno-blabber.
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Summary: A Brilliant Thriller: Global Superpowers Unleashed
Review: Tom Clancy's vision in this book utilizes the lastest advancements in military technology to set the stage for a battle between the world's superpowers. The story unfolds across land, sea and air in an ultimate global fury as both sides seek ultimate global control. The concept is chilling and suspenseful with every page. By far this is one of Clancy's most brilliant works. It has lot's of action and hard-hitting truth about modern military confrontation that is frighteningly real. This book pulls no punches, and paints no romantic picture of the advances of warfare on this planet. It leaves one with the awareness that the outcome of such a clash is not always a foregone conclusion as to who will be the victor, or whether such advances in technology can ever give any nation a sense of absolute security or defense. Despite all the technology, Clancy lays out for the reader the human element is the ultimate determining factor in this ambitious portrait of warfare. This is a story that is not easy to forget, which to me makes it a gem. I found it to be a frightening, macabre vision of the potential of a world breaking down international communication leading to a hot-tempered hostile global engagement and proceeding down the terrifying path of possible apocalyptic finality for us all. Clancy takes the reader to the edge in this book, where it almost goes out of control and you get a sense of having been suddenly rescued by a miracle of fortune from falling over a cliff into the inevitable. I enjoyed this book tremendously.
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Summary: Clancy Displays Knowledge of Military Hardware
Review: This was the second Tom Clancy book that I had ever read. Clancy displayed very adequate know- ledge of modern military weapons that The United States now has at it's disposal. Some of the military tactics that were presented in this book were also impressive. This was a well written military book that certainly made for interesting reading.
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