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Summary: Five Stars Hands Down
Review: I picked this up one day never haven read a Tom Clancy Book. I know what the hype is about. This book takes you right into the action and gets your oriented what World War III would have been like. You'll go from American Subs and Carriers to the German/NATO Front Lines to the Soviet Ground and Air Assault. This book has everything!! Submarine and navy warfare, land and air based, and probably the deadlist, political warfare. If you're like me it'll take you longer than usual to get through this book because I was looking in a Atlas or on the internet for more research into the all the machines, acroynms, maps, and so forth. At the end of this book you'll have new respect and love for geography, world affairs, global warfare, Military structure, Militaries and their cool toys, and the master knowledge and penmanship that is Tom Clancy. A+++
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Summary: Edge of your seat excitement!
Review: This just might be Tom Clancy's most memorable novel. Invoking his vast knowledge and understanding of the military hardware of both the United States as well as the former Soviet Union, Clancy presents to us a believable novel. The story details a conventional World War III between the two Superpowers.What comes to the forefront in the book is the authentic nature of the strategies imposed by both sides in the war. The deployment and use of sundry weapons is very logical, and Clancy's thorough familiarity with the aresnals form a solid foundation on which to wager which weapons system would win out when each is set against the counterpart of its adversary. The battle scenes (of which there are many) are well written and hold the reader's attention with their gripping detail of the action. While not as graphic as other war novels I've read, the diction is nonetheless sufficiently gory to remind the reader of what serious business war is - in any age. If you're interested in a credible book on what a conventional WWIII would look like, I doubt if there's a better novel out there than this one. Everything from descriptions of the battle landscapes to the disturbing thoughts by the Soviets to go ahead & use their nuclear missiles is all finely and meticulously crafted. It's Clancy at his very best.
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Summary: Red Storm Rising
Review: Red Storm Rising is an amzing book that takes place in WWIII. It happens when the USSR declares war on the middle east and NATO after they were attacked by easterners that lit their gas and oil plants on fire.
The USSR is now taking control of the war and trying to fight the USA. The final battle takes place in Iceland with the main character Bob Toland who leads the attack which finally make the Russians retreat. This then ends WWIII.
Tom Clancy is an amazing writer. He shows you this by showing what are societys real problems are. Such as, are dependecy on oil form the midlle east. This book is a must read.
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Summary: Great Synopsis of WWIII that one can't put down
Review: Anyone that has ever read Tom Clancy but not read this book is tragically missing out. Anyone who enjoys war or adventure reading of any kind that hasn't read this one is also missing out. "Red Storm Rising" very well may be Tom Clancy's best work, as in a manner absent in many of his other books, it mixes the facets of politics, technology, strategy and riveting adventure and action into one superb piece. Depicting a bloody Soviet invasion of the west, the book never slows down its fast-paced nature as it depicts the war of attrition in Central Europe well while doing an unforgettable job in its telling of the naval war and Battle for Iceland that are occuring concurrently. Jumping from theatre to theatre, readers of most interests will likely find this book to be one of the more thriling and enthraling they may encounter, a component that is further enhanced by the absence of difficulty in the reading. This one doesn't have all of the hollow political babble that much of his new work has, but rather just focuses on an unforgettable original world war III portrayal that I am proud to say, has no rival.
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Summary: Dated and unrealistic in places.
Review: As a special operations officer, I read this book years ago when it was first released-- before the Berlin Wall came down and we were worried about the Russians rolling through the Fulda Gap. Clancy takes a very difficult subject-- World War III-- and gives overly detailed snapshots of certain parts. Because he has no military background, while his technical details may be accurate, his potrayal of the men and women who actually would fight is weak and unrealistic. You want realism, try Bob Mayer's special forces series. DRAGON SIM-13 is a chilling look at a fail-safe scenario that could happen. EYES OF THE HAMMER makes Clear and Present Danger read like a comic book. Check them out-- Mayer is former special operations and knows what he's writing about.
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Summary: Red Storm Rising
Review: I thought that the book Red Storm Rising was and amazing book.Its starts off with middle eastern men lighting oil factorinies off in Russia. Tom Clancy shows how well WWIII could eaasily happen in his story.
This is a story about the russian governmant declared war on the middle east and NATO. It shows how one coutry can be defeated so easily. Tom Clancy also shows how our world that we live in is so dependent on oil and gas, and how if one thing goes wrong countries attack each other. Overall, this was a great book about the trigger affect. That if one thing happens it will set of a chain reaction. It also shows th main character Bob Toland and hes fight on Iceland to retreat the Russians. This was a great book about modern day war.
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Summary: Red Storm Rising
Review: Red Storm Rising is an awesome book, i loved it so much, i couldnt put it down. The russians blowing things up and shooting people. this is Tom Clancys best book i think. i didnt like rainbow 6 that much but the game is sweet, Tom keep up the good work, you are a genius.
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Summary: Perhaps the best Clancy book
Review: I read this book when it first came out and was amazed at the perceptive plot and a recent re-reading hasn't changed my view. The characters are well developed and not so simple as the ones in The Hunt for Red October. The early battle scenes are in many ways the best and I enjoyed seeing the US commanders utterly fail in the initial battles of the North Atlantic. The ground assualts are believable esspecially in the way Tom Clancy presents your views as if a participant and seeing only bits and pieces leaving a general feeling of shock at the destruction and yet never undercutting your ability to follow the overall plot. The end of the book is a little too tidy, to fast a wrap up and perhaps even anti-climatic. It is not that is is bad it is just that Clancy writes a realistic ending in the sense that battles often end from mutual exhaustion rather than one side soundly defeating the other. In one place the NATO commander realizes that he has stopped the Russians at last and thinks - Now what do I have left to push them back? The answer is not much. Very realistic. All in all it rates 5 stars. The characters in this book are only matched by the CIA opperative Clark in future books.
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Summary: WW3 told in story form....
Review: Red Storm Rising starts out with muslim men blowing up a oil/gas factory in the former U.S.S.R., and now due to the damage, the hard-line high power Soviet leaders now have to make a decision; let the Soviet economy come to it's knee's, or take out NATO and invade the Middle East for their oil? Destroy NATO and her allies and invade the Middle East. So now, as the Soviet military head's to war, they then plan to get everything in order in 4 months to fight NATO. As the story goes along, we meet Bob Toland; a US Navy captain who is fighting against the Soviet's for their bid for the Middle East. The battles take place in Iceland, and the Baltic sea thanks to submarines.
As the battle get's fiercer, the Soviet's think they have NATO done, but things take a turn for them, and they are being swept back to mother Russia and away from the Middle East. Then in a huge battle to end the war, the Soviet's then back away from their strong holds, and are driven back to their own lines. Eventually WW3 is over, and the Soviet's take a serious defeat. Red Storm Rising is a very interesting novel, although the Soviet Union is long gone, the book still holds it place as one of the best war novels out there. Also, not only do NATO take a beating, the Soviet's take a beating also, winning some, losing some. A great novel, and definitely one of my favorites.
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Summary: Superb speculation about WW3 with the Soviets!
Review: This is probably the best novel ever written that speculates about what a conventional war between NATO and the old Soviet Union would have been like, circa 1985 or so. Of course, when the book was written the Soviet Union still existed, and the possibility of such a war was all too real. Despite the changes in the world since that time, this novel is still highly entertaining and interesting, if perhaps somewhat less relevant. Without putting out any spoilers, the plot of the novel is straightforward. The Soviet Union suffers a catastrophic failure of its internal fuel/oil supplies, which its leaders learn will soon bring the Soviet economy to its knees. Rather than deciding to deal with this setback through trade and negotiations, the Soviet leadership, dominated by hard-liners, decides to seize the Middle East oil fields immediately following a blitzkrieg campaign against NATO (to distract NATO from intervening in the Middle East). Therein lies the story. Clancy does an excellent job showing us a scenario of rising tension and the preparations by the Soviets for the surprise attack. His speculations as regards Soviet strategy, while imaginative, are very reasonable and plausible. In fact, supposedly the strategy in this scenario was "war-gamed" with the superb strategy game "Harpoon." Like most Clancy novels, the character development here takes a backseat to the military-political story he is trying to tell, but the novel is fine for all that, and there are in fact some interesting characters in this book. Overall, this book is an interesting and satisfying read, moves along at a brisk pace, and always holds the reader's interest. Without giving anything away, I thought that the ending was very representative of prevailing thought and attitudes prior to the end of the Cold War. By the way, this is one of the few true Clancy novels that is not a "Jack Ryan" novel. This is not part of the Jack Ryan "universe" and Ryan is nowhere to be found in this novel. As always, Clancy's depiction and understanding of NATO and Soviet military hardware, strategy, and tactics, is the strength of this book. Even today, this is one to read, and most readers will enjoy reading this one more than once.
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