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Title: Boring and Racist
Review: I read most of Clancy's Jack Ryan series back when I was a teenager and I liked them a lot. Clancy was a mediocre writer at best but I loved the clever plots and character developments. I was eager to read this book but it was a complete train wreak. Clancy used this book mostly to express his personal right wing political views, the plot was slow and so unrealistic that it's in the realm of fantasy. Of course there were the blatant stereotypes and racist slurs throughout the entire book that I will not repeat here. If you want to read a real military novel, read it from someone who had actually served in the military, not from Clancy who got a deferment in Vietnam and never wore a uniform in his life. After I finished the book I gave away my old Clancy collection to the library save for this one, which I promptly threw in the garbage (ok the recycling bin).
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