Red Storm Rising

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• As read by Ronald Reagan

  Twenty years ago, there was a fairly well-known English monk at the Hinayana Buddhist Centre in London who liked to cap the account he gave visitors of why he had rejected the West by pointing one slim, denunciatory finger at that most improbable of ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010

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  A good, old, Clancy

  This book is over 20 years old, and it shows both in terms of political scenarios (it was before the wall came down) and technology used. Nevertheless is a jolly good fun to read and Clancy narrates about his three main military areas of expertise: tank, airforce and submarine warfare. The subplots ... (continue)

  This book is over 20 years old, and it shows both in terms of political scenarios (it was before the wall came down) and technology used. Nevertheless is a jolly good fun to read and Clancy narrates about his three main military areas of expertise: tank, airforce and submarine warfare. The subplots and the characters, althoug not exceptional, are very well painted and the result is a real page turner!

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  NickBert said on Oct 6, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  If you loved Hunt for Red October...you will devour Red Storm...Red October was just one chapter in the larger work...expanded into its own story.

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  Wes said on Feb 21, 2010 about the School & Library Binding edition | Add your feedback

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  Simply brilliant

  Do you remember 1986 June 15? It was the day World War III started...

  In this early work, Tom Clancy guide us on a wild ride around the World following Russia in his struggle to get more resources and in his war against NATO forces.
  From Moscow to Washington, from North Atlantic sea to th ... (continue)

  Do you remember 1986 June 15? It was the day World War III started...

  In this early work, Tom Clancy guide us on a wild ride around the World following Russia in his struggle to get more resources and in his war against NATO forces.
  From Moscow to Washington, from North Atlantic sea to the Germans plains, politics and military join forces to tell us one of the most exciting story in alternative-history fiction.

  Clancy's prose is exceptional since he is able to focus reader's attention on everything, from fast-paced tank battle to apparently boring hours of ASW in the Atlantic. Because of this, it is very hard to put the book down when you started it: it is additive on several levels.

  For the sake of critics, if i have to write something negative about the book, I must probably point out that the ending of the book is somewhat rushed. While all the different stories in the book are settled down by the end, the last 2 or 3 chapters should have been expanded in 5 or 6 for a deeper investigation on the new rule in Russia, the cease fire agreement and the fate of all the characters immediately after the war. Also, in the end again, NATO victory appears to be more good chance than tactical and strategic ability.
  Anyway, those are just minor glitches in a book that is very near perfection in action and war novels.

  Fortunately, never the two Superpowers really went to the bitter end, nevertheless this book is fascinating and thrilling depicting a possible outcome of the Cold war that most of us both feared and seriously considered probable.

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  Luca Mauri said on Jan 11, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  I really enjoyed this novel.

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  Stubob72556 said on Jan 22, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  sjp1966 said on Jul 11, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  After reading Red October basically on the flight to Bermuda, I rushed out to purchase this one to read during the balance of my holiday.

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  Batona said on Mar 26, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 725 Pages
• ISBN-10: 042510107X
• ISBN-13: 9780425101070
• Publisher: Berkley
• Pub date: Jul 01, 1987
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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