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Title: Not Jack Ryan, But Still Good
Review: I gotta say when i first started "Red Storm Rising" i was pessimistic. Without Jack Ryan, or John Clark how would it fare? Well "Bob Toland" is almost a carbon copy of Jack Ryan, which i find.. not so good. He`s an intelligence analyst at the NSA instead of CIA, and even get`s deployed to a Carrier early on. But this book isnt about character development, i think of it as a spin-off of Clancy work, it concentrattes on the Soviet/NATO war BRILLIANTLY. It was made mid-80`s so the technology is a little outdated with some things, but he describes the war jumping theatre to theatre just great. Im kind of hoping Clancy write`s a book like this (or one of his older ones like Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger) in his next book instead of all the polotical stuff like his newer ones. His biggest mistake, IMO, was making Jack Ryan president.
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