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Title: Unrealistic Techno-thriller Trash
Review: This book is a poor imitation of early Tom Clancy, ala The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, etc. The plot is ridiculous, and the dialogue and characterization is pretty silly.The author seems to think that the fate of the world depends upon two 12 man SEAL teams, and that the lack of a single carrier battle group would allow the PRC to make a major invasion. He conveniently forgets about the Marines deployed in Okinawa, Army and Air Force in Korea and Japan, other units in CONUS, etc.In his world, all US military policy and strategy is devised and controlled by a cranky National Security Advisor, who is a former Navy Admiral, who likes to yell orders across the office at his secretary/fiance, who won't marry him until he retires. How cute.I read this in a single sitting, while stuck on a long airplane flight. After I finished, my thought was "Wow, what a waste!"
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