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Executive Orders

Executive Orders

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Jack Ryan (Clancy's alterego) is in his toughest role yet.
Review: Ever wonder what the daily life of President Bill Clinton might be like? Or Hilary's? Or Chelsea's? How about the real-life difficulties of the Secret Service? Mr. Clancy explores these matters in his latest book with the thoroughness which like his earlier novels prompted a comment from a member of the former Soviet Goverenment as to (it's) accuracy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Clancy's best! A sure movie thriller (Tom Cruise=Jack Ryan?)
Review: Executive Orders has it all -- mystery, intrigue, military tactics -- all tightly woven into a very believable yarn. There enough sub-plots to keep even the MENSA-folks among us sufficiently challenged. If you think Tom Clancy is good, read this book; I think you'll agree that he's raised the bar another notch.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Exceptional Follow-up but doesn't quite match
Review: Executive orders is an excellently written novel in which Clancy again depicts hero Jack Ryan as the ex-CIA spook caught in over his head. My only criticism is that Debt of honor was more exciting and had a better flow of events. in this novel there were 10 different sub-plots going on at the same time. At times, it was just too confusing. still, a must read book

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: End justifies means. Good Guys win.
Review: Whether you're a good guy or a bad guy in this book, the end justifies the means. Try to keep thsi in mind as you read the book and see how governments really operate. Yes the USA is rightly angry and no the bad guys are not pushed into it, but watch the justifications being given. If one can ignore all this moralizing, it is a good tale of Ebola Virus attacks, another desert war in Saudi Arabia, evil Iranians, distrustful Chinese, and so on. Clancy has the USA recognise the Taiwanese as a separate goverment at the end, but the Chinese role is not major. Of more interest the bad guy role assigned to India. This may be more obvious to those who read his predecessor book, which I did not. At 874 pages, this has to be a bid pricey but it is a good read, as they say.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A fascinating premise, just keeps getting better.
Review: At the end of "Debt of Honor" I thought "this must be the end. How can he possibly top this?" "Executive Orders" showed me! A fascinating premise -- a non-politically minded "everyman" finds himself President with most of Congress dead. Although disliking the job, he feels obligated to stick with it -- America needs rebuilding. In this endeavor, he faces opposition from old allies, old enemies, and even his own countrymen. It's more than a political battle as he must worry about surviving from day to day just to do the job. Unlike Clancy's other books, which could stand alone although they all build on each other, "EO" is a definite sequel. In fact, for best results one must read all the preceding "Ryan" (and Clark) books for best results; at a minimum one must have read "Debt..." Not for the squeamish, this book contains detailed descriptions of the effects of biological warfare and a heart-rending "last stand" of a likable Secret Service agent. Full of observations about "playing the game" of politics, this is also Clancy's most cynical book to date. But his characters are more engaging than ever, and although the book begins slowly, it snowballs into a mind-blowing climax. Now I wonder again, as I have wondered for his last 3 books, "how will he ever top this?" Clancy just keeps getting better and better.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Executive Orders is a spectacular read.
Review: I must say that in the beggining of this 874 page novel, I was somewhat disappointed at the pace of the book. However, as each day I found myself afraid to put the book down. This is one of his greatest books to date. As my co-workers wondered at the end of Debt of Honor, what could he possibly do with Jack Ryan next. He has answered our questions in a spectacular fashion. My one flaw in the book was the inclusion of the Mountain Men. This being somewhat painful, because I have a co-worker who lost a child in the Oklahoma City Bombing

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: IF you are a Clancy fan, then read on (and on, and on)!
Review: "Executive Orders" is not for the faint of heart. It is an extensive second volume of the original (voluminous) "Debt of Honor." If you enjoy Clancy, then this book is for you; however, as opposed to his other texts, this is NOT the one you should pick up to become familiar with his work. It is a text that includes all of the familiar plot twists, with seven different plot lines occurring simultaneously, that all converge in the final 50 pages. They are intriguing and finely crafted, if very wordy. However, if one has not read the predecessor text, this book is well-nigh incomprehensible. I enjoy Clancy and his work. The biggest problem with this book is that it requires a concerted amount of uninterrupted time to read. If done in one sitting, the plots are fun; but, no one can afford to isolate themselves to do so. Also, the central plot, i.e., Jack Ryan as President, is premised on so outlandish a set of circumstances that it borders on SCIENCE fiction, rather than a fictional thriller.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is the next blockbuster movie from a Tom Clancy book!
Review: As usual Mr. Clancy begins with a rather simple premise and explodes it into intrigue and espionage on a grand scale. Take an "obliterated" Congress and Senate, a President left to 'pick up the pieces' and start over, and throw in the possibility that not all of our "allies" are not as friendly as they used to be and you have the makings for one of the best books and potential movies of the year. I read the book in one sitting, as I could not put it down. When the video comes out it definitely goes into my collection

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tom Clancy's thoughts on how government should work.
Review: You will never watch those Presidential press conferences the same old way, ever again, after reading the latest about President Jack Ryan. Typical gentle Clancy build-up to the action (like a good roller-coaster), with many favorite characters (Mr.Clark, Ding Chavez, Foleyeva, SURGEON) in the mix. Strong editorial commentary sprinkled throughout by Mr. Clancy on the state of politics today. An excellent companion read is "The People's Choice," by Jeff Greenfield. Both novels examine the world of political "spin," in differing literary styles.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Interesting concept but Clancy needs a good editor.
Review: _Executive Orders_ is really part two of _Debt Of Honor_. If you liked the last two Ryan books you will probably like this one too.

_Executive Orders_ continues Clancy's speculation on the nature of future war, set in an America facing internal crises the likes of which it has never seen before. The plot is a good one but the book should be at least 300 pages shorter. It would be about that much shorter if Clancy didn't feel the need to stop and explain everything. It isn't any worse than its immediate predecessors in that respect, but the writing still gets in the way of the story.


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