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Title: This was a book?
Review: Nothing but a long repetitive string of cliches and utterly stupid commands like "Navigator, plot a course to take us to starboard of the Spratley Islands." Clancy, never really much of a writer beyond technocratic jargon, has become very, very lazy. The idea for this novel (war with China) had lots of promise, more than "Red Star Rising", but it wasn't developed much beyond a poorly written and sketchy outline. Don't waste your money.
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