Without Remorse.
I read Red Storm Rising in jail. Good read.
I read Red Storm Rising in jail. Good read.
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I forgot about Without Remorse. Very good as well.
"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" - Barack Obama (a freshman senator from Illinios)
I tried reading some Clancy. I couldn't get into it, the man doesn't write very well. I'm sure the stories are entertaining enough though so I may give them another try some day.
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Those two would be my favorites.Major.League.Infidel wrote:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n3/n17642.jpg
That's probably favorite overall, even if it's co-authored.
From the Jack Ryan series though, it's
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Even if it's 1200 pages long, it's an excellent book.
Favorite sub-plot character was the old veteran with the "Gold" pelts
Yep, I think we can read some form of conclusion: Red Storm Rising is fkn awesome.
That and the rest :\
That and the rest :\
noice 
The novel sold 1,625,544 hardcover copies, making it the #1 bestselling novel of the 1980s.Kmarion wrote:
I didn't like the movie but Clear and Present Danger was a very good read. Easily his best.. imho.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_and_Present_Danger
Holy shite! I guess I'm not alone..lol
The central theme in this book is the ethics of use of military force; for what purpose is use of military might appropriate, what are the proper checks and balances, and lastly what can happen in a scenario where military force is used for personal gains. The topic of military force naturally flows into the more controversial issue of collateral damage. This is raised on all levels, from Ding Chavez shamefully considering that he just killed a peasant, not a trained enemy soldier, to the President realizing the potential political costs of having killed the wife and children of one of the drug lords.
The second theme permeating the story is loyalty. How can one choose whom to be loyal to in an imperfect world with no black and white, only shades of grey? While believing in radically different ideologies, these questions are central to the thoughts of Ryan, who is being kept in the dark, and his counterpart on the other side, Félix Cortez, who receives much less respect than he believes he deserves from his criminal masters.
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