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Red Storm Rising | 
 enlarge | Author: Tom Clancy
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 22959
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 0006173624
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006173625
ASIN: 0006173624
Publication Date: November 17, 1988
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 Superb! September 19, 2008
Mr. R. C. Auty (England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this way back when it first came out and it was mesmerising, and in 1988, quite alarming. Read it again recently and it is still great, a little dated, but sublimly brilliant battle scenes and strong characters still carry it through to the end, and who knows with current events, it could become quite relevent again.
Excellent Story July 3, 2008
L. E. Beaumont (gloucestershire, uk)
Written way back in the late 80's, the was the first Tom Clancy book I ever read and I am now on my second copy.
A depiction of what could of happened if the Warsaw pact had ever attacked NATO, it tells the story from both angles and the battle scenes are excellent. I have re-read the story many times now and even if you may not even remember those days, it is still a great read and a fantastic introduction to Tom Clancy.
A gripping read from start to finish! October 29, 2007
S. Buchan (Consett)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Awesome is the word for this book. red Storm Rising hooks you from the first chapter & just keeps on reeling you in. The various scenarios played out involving land (ground troops, Tanks, Artillery) Sea (Submarines, Cruisers, Anti Sub boats) air (fighters, spy planes Helicopters) just keep you turning pages way into the night.
A must read!!
Clancy's Finest Hour July 16, 2007
ccto (London, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Put simply, in my opinion this is Tom Clancy's best book. If you're a fan of techno-war-thrillers, this is an outstanding example of the genre.
Many tales take you to the brink of global warfare then pull back at the last moment, but this story plunges you right into the unthinkable conflict that is WWIII. It is honestly the only book I've been so engrossed in during my commute that I've missed my stop for work on the train!
As another reviewer has pointed out, this is not a Jack Ryan novel. Having no Jack Ryan means there is no single focal point, but it is precisely for this reason that I feel this is Clancy's best work - the scene shifts effortlessly from one set of characters and confrontations to the next without having to pull back to Ryan's own moral compass. You also never know who is 'indespensible' and who is not - after all, while Jack Ryan is always in trouble, you know he's not going to be killed off don't you!
Red Storm Rising is a head-spinning, exhausting epic in the truest sense of the word. I can't believe they'll ever make a film of this, the scope is too grand and the detail too rich to be effectively transferred to screen. If you're a Clancy fan who hasn't read this, what are you waiting for? If you're not a fan, you may well be after reading this.
Absolutely awesome November 18, 2006
D.Buxton (Bradford, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've read this book at least 5 times over the years. Granted i'm a big Clancy and technothriller fan but i've never come across another book to match this in this genre.
The premise (as you've no doubt read on other reviews) is that because of a terrorist attack the USSR is left with a huge energy shortfall so decides to take the power it needs. Basically this causes world war 3.
Mr Clancy has an undoubted plethora of knowledge concerning military tactics and technology and he puts this to good work in this novel.
You're taken across Europe, Iceland, parts of Russia, the Atlantic in these pages. You're presented with main characters in the theatre's of operation, both 'goodies' and 'baddies'. These characters are explained very well and you get to know them insomuch as to understand their drives and motivations.
One major thing i liked is that whilst USA forces take up most of the pages you're never left with the feeling that it's the usual "here we come to save the day" way of writing, the other allied forces arn't belittled and viewed as needing to be saved by America.
The battle scenes be it in the air, at sea or on the land are the best i've read from any author and i read a lot of technothriller books.
This is the best Clancy book out there by far.
Very much recommended.
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