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Title: Ponderous!
Review: Clancy's right wing-nut politics are over exposed in this one. Of the 1,000+ pages, there are 500 pages of a good (not great) story, 300 pages of unnecessary detail (the minutia is overwhelming), and 200 pages of Clancy's overactive ego. This is not near a good as the early Clancy books (Red October or Red Storm). The ending was predictable, anti-climactic and incomplete. Clancy again demonstrates how misogynistic and racist he is. His revisionism of history is particularly annoying. He doesn't seem to remember his "heroes'" failings: Nixon (Watergate and Viet Nam, "we could've won"); Reagan (Iran/Contra, Ollie North ignoring the law); and Bush (Gulf War with the not-so-smart or effective weapons against an incompetent foe.) I recommend The Partner, by Grisham.
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