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Summary: A great book, similar to Outbreak
Review: This book, plainly evident, was inspired by the movie Outbreak starring Dustin Hoffman. It is the sequal to Debt of Honor, and in light of recent events, is spooky. It parallels our current Anthrax crisis, but in this book it is the Ebola virus, following a terrorist attack in which a plane crashes into the White House. This book was hard to put down at times. I would definately recommend this one.
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Summary: Tom Nostradamus Clancy
Review: Tom Clancy has painted a scenario in this book which is becoming the reality for the US people today and also for the people in the free world. I am from India and I read this book a couple of years back and I never imagined that all this could happen. Tom Clancy and Frederick Forsyth are the 2 great espionage thriller writers who mix reality with fiction - Forsyth mixes history with fiction and Clancy the future. The events of the past month are horrifying for us in India since we are also close to one such rogue nation. My only request to Clancy is- please do not India among your list of rogue states - what have we done to deserve it? So friends, if you want to read about in detail the events of the past from the pen of a master story-teller, go right ahead and buy this book. The previous Ryan books are also good - they are like a saga.
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Summary: More relevant than ever
Review: What might have seemed an improbable setup before the events of September 11 now seems eerily realistic in the light of those terrible events. Suddenly made President by massive terrorist attack upon virtually every elected and appointed official at the very end of DEBT OF HONOR, Jack Ryan must rebuild the entire US government. His task is made even more complicated by a renewed military attack by forces who see Jack Ryan as an accidental President without the resolve to defend his country while he is rebuilding it. In Jack Ryan, though, Clancy has created a sometimes uncertain but always morally-centered character that makes for compelling reading. He is an underdog with his heart in exactly the right place. He knows what to do, but not always how to do it. That makes him virtually impossible to ignore as mythic hero. But EXECUTIVE ORDERS isn't just a page-turner because of its hero. No, Clancy's own mastery of syncopation--indeed, his ability to craft detailed stories which happen all around the world at once--makes one reluctant to stop reading. It's a big book, but one can easily read hundreds of pages at a sitting. This is made all the more true now. Real life has made this a bedtime story for adults. Ultimately, it is a read that will make you feel good about America's ability to defeat terrorism.
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Summary: Yes
Review: If you are a Clancy / Jack Ryan fan, this is a must read. While I can echo the thoughts and feelings of most of the positive reviewers, one has to pause and wonder how much further Clancy's world and the real world will run in parallel during these trying times. Clancy's plot lines make me wonder who else is standing in the shadows, ready to kick the USA while we are dealing with the current crisis. I certainly hope there are several "real life" John Clark's and Domingo Chavez's out there ready to build a unit like Rainbow Six - the next book - and take out terrorism wherever is presents itself.
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Summary: No way else to rate it
Review: As life follows fiction you have to wonder if this is a novel or a script for these terrorists.
Read it while listening tothe news and you'll hardly will be able to tell them apart.
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Summary: the search for truth and justice
Review: As we are all shaken by the similarities that are seen in Tom Clancy's story lines and the recent events of 9-11-2001 we should remember some of the things we also read in those books. The military and goverment need to have some secrets to keep the people working in dagerous places as safe as possible. The government and the military are not looking for some 'bad guys' they are looking for who is responsible and getting that part right makes the US different from the terrorists. Clancy has a moral compass in Ryan that few can find great fault in, I hope we can say the same for our leaders when actions are started, ongoing and completed. And remember, terrorism works only if we let them change the way we live. Yes Clancy's characters and the public in the book have to make adjustment in reaction to the twists of the plot and we will too but, we still are free to be educated, go to church, work in our chosen field, and raise our children as we see fit. Clancy once again has reminded us that being a great nation is also being a nation of great people, each one of us has a role, just like each of Clancy's characters and to make the whole thing work we must do our part. VERY proud to be an American.
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Summary: Executive Problem
Review: I despise Tom Clancy on principal. I can't stand his politics or the way he tries to push them on readers of his books. With that said, for some reason I can't stop reading his books. However, it's really time to get rid of this 'Jack Ryan' fellow. I mean, come on. It was bad enough when Tom Clancy made the guy National Security Advisor, but becomming President by a bizzare twist of fate such as the ridiculous one which takes place between this book's predecessor, Debt of Honor, and Executive Decision is practically laughable. I got addicted to Tom Clancy books because of their realistic portrayal of how the government operates and military operations; somehow, after The Sum of All Fears, this gets twisted into Science Fiction.
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Summary: Preparation for the Real World
Review: I too read the book when it first came out. Clancy was so faithful to the facts and had done his research so well that, while chilling, I did not find the plot beyond belief. Having read it before the attacks did not dimish the horror I felt, but it did eliminate the suprise. I was not suprised. This is the real world.
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Summary: A Great Read
Review: I read this book quite a while ago, but am just recently rereading many of Clancy's works. I think this book, though long, is a great read and often hard to put down. I have noticed recently that several of Clancy's books have recieved criticism (this book and Debt of Honor especially) pertaining to the attacks on September 11. I too, admit that I thought this was pretty eery, but come on guys, give Mr. Clancy a break. His job is to write fiction, not read the minds of terrorists. Trust me, the terrorists can figure out how to attack our nation by themselves, and they do not need Tom Clancy's help. Does this mean that since the news have been blabbering on about biological attack, if one really happens thats the new agencies faults? I don't think so. My only hope is that this real horror story comes to a conclusion of justice just as Executive Orders.
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Summary: Reconsidering Tom Clancy as the major prophet of our time
Review: At the end of "Debt of Honor" a jet airplane slams into a Joint Session of Congress, pretty much wiping out the American government and suddenly putting Jack Ryan into the Presidency. While Clancy's book was at the top of the Best Seller list someone crashed a small plane into the White House, yet I heard nothing on the news about how life was imitating art. Now, of course, this is headline news and Clancy's books are suddenly being hailed as dire prophecies that are suddenly coming true. In "Executive Action" as Islamic leader assassinates the President of Iraq, forges Iran and Iraq into the United Islamic Republic, attacks the United States with biological weapons, and invades Saudi Arabia to grab the oil fields. Suddenly Tom Clancy has become the prophet of the moment as his fiction became fact with the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Of course, Clancy has not been alone telling such tales, but the focus is certainly on his writings at this pivotal moment in history. A few have suggested that Clancy was actually providing a blueprint for the terrorists and I seem to remember that there had never been a skyjacking until Robert Serling wrote about it in a novel. But writers just look at the world around them and find creative opportunities, which is certainly no different from what terrorists do in planning operations. However, the reason I feel compelled to reread and review "Executive Orders" is because I think that there are some important things that Clancy has to say about the moment that goes beyond terrorist attacks. First, as Jack Ryan repeatedly points out in the novel, the actions of terrorists for are fundamentalist Muslims do not reflect on the vast majority of the followers of Islam around the world. A war on terrorism is not a war on Islam, no matter what the terrorists claim, and no matter what ignorant and bigoted jerks in this country might want to believe. Second, another Jack Ryan mantra, that human agents are invaluable in trying to gather intelligence on terrorist organizations. Finding terrorists leaders is going to require human agents on the ground and not spy satellites or unmanned drones. Third, secrets are important for the government/military to respond effectively to terrorist attacks. We have the right to know, but the first thing enshrined in the Jefferson's trilogy is "life" and not freedom of the press. Besides, Congress provides oversight in such matters so the intrusive snooping of the press is unwarranted. A corollary of this, as Jack Ryan finds out repeatedly in the novel, is that you cannot trust the press to do the right thing. This particular point was made more strongly in "Debt of Honor," where news networks had to be convinced that reporting certain facts the government was trying to keep secret would result in the deaths of American military personnel (and that this was a bad thing). "Executive Orders" is a story well told, and what is important about it today is not just what it says about what might happen in the days to come, but what it says about us as Americans. Clancy's books touch on all aspects other the current situation and not just the acts of terrorists. Reading the Jack Ryan novels should do more than engender the fear that there will be a biological attack as in "Executive Orders" or "Rainbow Six" or a nuclear device as in "The Sum Of All Fears" and "The Bear and the Dragon." The bottom line here is that when you read any of Tom Clancy's novels, do not throw out his emphasis on what is good with your fascination with what is bad.
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