Red Storm Rising

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Synopsis
This is the author's second novel. "One of Russia's biggest oil refineries is destroyed by a Muslim terrorist group. Facing an oil shortage that would leave their country open to economic and political disasters, the Russianleaders decide to seize the oil in the Persian Gulf. They instigate a groundwar that surprises NATO and the U.S. and threatens to eliminate them as political and military forces in Europe. . . . {This is a} chronicle of the air, sea, and land battles that erupt as a result of 'Red Storm'--the Russian plan ofattack." (Libr J)

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From the author of The Hunt For Red October, a New York Times bestseller for over 40 weeks, comes his greatest performance yet. Red Storm Rising is an alarmingly authentic portrait of escalating aggression between superpowers on all fronts--land, sea, air and space.

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"Allah!"

With that shrill cry, three Muslim terrorists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, creating a critical oil shortage that threatens the stability of the USSR.

To offer the effects of this disaster, members of the Politburo and the KGB devise a brilliant plan of diplomatic trickery - a sequence of events designed to pit the NATO allies against each other - a distraction calculated to enable the Soviets to seize all the oil in the Persian Gulf.

But as this spellbinding story of international intrigue and global politics nears its climax, the Soviets are faced with another prospect, one they hadn't planned on: a full-scale conflict in which nobody can win.

Reviews
From School Library Journal  
YA Red Storm Rising, a World War III novel, begins in a blazing oil field in Russia, plunging readers into a gripping story of plots, strategies, wise men, and idiots that winds the tension ever tighter. Vivid characters emerge through the chaos of battles planned and fought. Sacrifices, heroes, great strategy confounded by bad weather, lack of supplies, and incomplete information draw readers into the adventure and the suspense of reversals. No Rambos herethe heroes are ordinary young people caught by chance on the turning edge of war. Sheer grit and perserverance turn the tide in this chilling, fleshed-out war game. Readers emerge elated and breathless, with a new vision of war and its wins and losses. Clancy will win an army of fans who will be looking for more. Annette DeMeritt, Houston Public Library
 
From Library Journal  
A second contemporary international thriller from the author of The Hunt for Red October. One of Russia's biggest oil refineries is destroyed by a Muslim terrorist group. Facing an oil shortage that would leave their country open to economic and political disasters, the Russian leaders decide to seize the oil in the Persian Gulf. They instigate a ground war that surprises NATO and the U.S. and threatens to eliminate them as political and military forces in Europe. This long, long novel is a detailed chronicle of the air, sea, and land battles that erupt as a result of ``Red Storm''the Russian plan of attack. The Russians are clearly the bad guys herefrequently frightened, inept, or evil. The Americans are always the heroic victims of unjustified aggression or the smooth skilled winners. Frighteningly realistic. Polished. Technical. Primarily for military novel buffs. Jean B. Palmer, Phillips Acad. Lib., Andover, Mass.
 
From Sam Cornish - The Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition)  
The strength of {the novel} is its crisp, matter-of-fact language, which has the punch of a special news bulletin on network television. . . . {It} is based on a military war game called Convoy '84, a scenario about fighting a war with conventional weapons. . . . The story of men, machines, and technology in battle is both convincing and a prediction of what some say could occur tomorrow. Clancy's research is to be commended, and he is to be applauded for treating his subject seriously. {His book} never takes advantage of its readers; its horrors and violence serve the purpose of the story, and instead of exploiting them and shocking the reader, he makes us see a future we all hope to avoid.
 
From Robert Lekachman - The New York Times Book Review  
Mr. Clancy's undistinguished prose is serviceable enough not to impede the flow of his narrative. His characterizations are on a Victorian boys' book level. All the Americans are paragons of courage, endurance and devotion to service and country. . . . The enemy is almost equally virtuous. . . . Don't get me wrong. Occasional longueurs aside, I enjoyed this rattling good yarn forthe same reasons I used to curl up with one of C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower adventures. Lots of action. Good men in tight spots. The comforting certainty that our side will win. Mr. Clancy has left the world in sufficientlytidy shape so that, if he is so inclined, he can favor us someday with the story of World War IV.
 
From Walter Isaacson - Time  
The book has a variety of heroes and villains in its complex weave of plot strands, but the diffuse locales and the lack of an appealing main charactermake for a somewhat choppy narrative. . . . For too much of Red Storm Rising,the humans are obscured by the afterburn of their weapons systems. Oddly enough, it is this very flaw that enhances the {book's} credibility. . . . World War III, by most postulates, is not likely to involve a grand Tolstoyan sweep of personal valor. Arsenals and tactics might indeed be set in motion by the frailties of flesh-and-blood players, but once launched the lethal machines would take on a life of their own--almost like characters in a novel. That possibility, vividly rendered, is what gives Clancy's book such a chilling ring oftruth.
 

CUSTOMER REVIEWS - An Open Forum
Number of Reviews: 31

A reviewer, October 27, 2000,
Red Storm Rising
This is Tom Clancy's best book. Keeps you interested and a page turner.

Mike Walley (mikewalley@hotmail.com), A history buff, athlete, & climber., October 19, 2000,
This is the best book on what the next war will be.
One of the best books I have ever read!!!!! Tom Clancy's best!!!!

Also recommended: Rainbow Six, Net Force, No Remorse, Clear & Present Danger

Jonathan M., a 16 year old high school student, August 22, 2000,
A little to real
I just hope this book doesn't come true.

Also recommended: All Clancy's Novels

A reviewer (jcbhawkeye@aol.com), August 21, 2000,
My First Clancy Book
I picked up 'Red Storm Rising' when it first came out in paperback. It was my first Clancy novel. It was the coolest book I had read up to that time. The action was great, the characters memorable, and the plot was well conceived. The Soviet characters were my favorites; at times I was rooting for them, not for communism, but for the generals forced to fight against their better judgment. The meeting between the Soviet and NATO commanders was the perfect climax. If World War III were to happen, it would happen like this!

Also recommended: All of Clancy's books.

A reviewer, a web designer from San Diego, August 7, 2000,
World War III in full effect
Outstanding book kept me on the edge of my seat. couldn't put it down.