Poor Tom Clancy. Why? Because he is very narrow-minded and an  ultra-patriot. Which, incidentally, is quite apalling.
First, he is  racist. The use of "evil Russians" as villains is stupid. The  whole "kill the capitalist dogs" thing gets old very quickly.  Also, he portrays the Russians as back-stabbing fiends. I seriously doubt  that they would kill off each other in high command. Furthermore, the whole  concept of an entire sub defecting is absurd. Wouldn't the crew figure out  what was going on? Also apalling is the murder of the ship's Co-Captain.  Wouldn't tying him up suffice? Revolting.
But that isn't the worst part.  The worst part is the deification of the U.S. military. Do THEY ever make  mistakes or kill off their own men? Of course not! Why? Because America is  such a great nation that it can NOT possibly err. Also, Clancy's repetitive  use of military jargon gets confusing and annoying. If I wanted a book on  how the military works I would read non-fiction, not FICTION.
Thus, this  novel is ghastly and should be thrown away.
Poor Tom Clancy. Why? Because he is very narrow-minded and an  ultra-patriot. Which, incidentally, is quite apalling. First, he is  racist. The use of "evil Russians" as villains is stupid. The  whole "kill the capitalist dogs" thing gets old very quickly. Also, he portrays the Russians as back-stabbing fiends. I seriously doubt  that they would kill off each other in high command. Furthermore, the whole  concept of an entire sub defecting is absurd. Wouldn't the crew figure out  what was going on? Also apalling is the murder of the ship's Co-Captain. Wouldn't tying him up suffice? Revolting. But that isn't the worst part. The worst part is the deification of the U. S. military. Do THEY ever make  mistakes or kill off their own men? Of course not! Why? Because America is  such a great nation that it can NOT possibly err. Also, Clancy's repetitive  use of military jargon gets confusing and annoying. If I wanted a book on  how the military works I would read non-fiction, not FICTION. Thus, this  novel is ghastly and should be thrown away.