Red Storm Rising

When Moslem fundamentalists destroy a key Soviet oil complex, the Russians initiate a plan of diplomatic trickery for their seizure of Persian Gulf oil.

From the author of the Jack Ryan series comes an electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller—a standalone military thriller that envisions World War 3... A chillingly authentic vision of modern war, Red Storm Rising is as powerful as it is ambitious. Using the latest advancements in military technology, the world's superpowers battle on land, sea, and air for ultimate global control. It is a story you will never forget. Hard-hitting. Suspenseful. And frighteningly real. “Harrowing...tense...a chilling ring of truth.”—TIME

'Packed with more nerve-shattering tension than anything in print today . . . Gripping, audacious, brilliant storytelling at its very best' Washington Times When three terrorists destroy the Soviet Union's largest petrochemical plant they think it is a striking blow for freedom. But, unknowingly, they have fired the first shots in World War III. Desperately short of oil, the Kremlin hawks see only one way of solving their problem: seize supplies in the Persian Gulf. To do that, they must first neutralise NATO's forces and eliminate their response - and so they develop Red Storm, a dazzling master plan of diplomatic subterfuge and intense rearmament. The battle lines are drawn and Armageddon beckons . . .

When Moslem fundamentalists destroy a key Soviet oil complex, the Russians initiate a plan of diplomatic trickery for their seizure of Persian Gulf oil

RED STORM RISING by Tom Clancy has been critically acclaimed as presenting an authentic vision of modern war. This paper takes a critical look at the influence of the Soviet military in the political-strategic decisionmaking process, various Soviet command and control processes, and aspects of Soviet doctrine and behavior as depicted by Clancy in the land campaign of his novel. These areas are compared and contrasted utilizing the Battle of Kursk as a historical model and contemporary theoretical studies that purport describe Soviet doctrine and intentions. The product is an assessment of RED STORM RISING's utility as a primer for predicting the Soviet's prosecution of a future war in Central Europe.

Red storm rising by Tom Clancy has been critically acclaimed as presenting an authentic vision of modern war. This paper takes a critical look at the influence of the Soviet military in the political-strategic decisionmaking process, various Soviet command and control processes, and aspects of Soviet doctrine and behavior as depicted by Clancy in the land campaign of his novel. These areas are compared and contrasted utilizing the Battle of Kursk as a historical model and contemporary theoretical studies that purport describe Soviet doctrine and intentions. The product is an assessment of Red storm rising's utility as a primer for predicting the Soviet's prosecution of a future war in Central Europe.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (novels not included). Pages: 25. Chapters: The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, Advise and Consent, Winter Hawk, The Last Ship, A World of Difference, Fail-Safe, Colossus, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Missile Gap, Z for Zachariah, The Sky People, Firefox, In the Courts of the Crimson Kings, To Kill the Potemkin, Red Alert, Vortex, The Gladiator, Capable of Honor, Firefox Down, Colonization: Aftershocks, Commander-1, Colonization: Second Contact, The Dragon's Pearl, A Shade of Difference, Colonization: Down to Earth, Red Army, The Mouse on the Moon, Storming Intrepid. Excerpt: Red Storm Rising is a 1986 techno-thriller novel by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond about a Third World War in Europe between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces, set around the mid-1980s. Though there are other novels dealing with a fictional World War III, this one is notable for the way in which numerous settings for the action - from Atlantic convoy duty to shooting down reconnaissance satellites to tank battles in Germany - all have an integral part to play on the outcome. This is one of two novels that has no association with Clancy's others (the other being SSN), as it does not fall in the Ryanverse. The novel eventually lent its name to a game development company called Red Storm Entertainment, which Clancy co-founded in 1997. Islamic terrorists from Azerbaijan destroy a new oil-production facility at Nizhnevartovsk, USSR, crippling Soviet oil production and threatening to wreck the Soviet economy. Seemingly needing to make crippling concessions to the West to survive the crisis, the Politburo chooses a different path: war. The Politburo decides to seize the Persian Gulf oil fields by force. (It is unknown if Tom Clancy was inspired by, or even knew about, the Siberian pipeline sabotage explosion for this key plot item). According to the Carter...

"Tom Clancy était déjà l'auteur de l'éblouissante odyssée-cavale à l'Ouest d'un sous-marin soviétique (Octobre rouge), si documentée qu'elle avait été éditée par l'Académie navale américaine d'Annapolis. Il récidive avec un roman-fleuve à mi-chemin du jeu guerrier, cher aux stratèges et aux surdoués de l'informatique, et du grand roman de guerre. L'invention géniale du livre, c'est la maskirovka, savant coup de bluff destiné à égarer les Occidentaux... Tom Clancy est un maître absolu dans l'art d'entretenir le suspense." Jean-Michel Gourevitch, Le Point. "Indéniablement, Tom Clancy est un peintre de guerre. Sa mise en scène des théâtres d'opérations, qu'il s'agisse de l'Islande envahie par les Soviétiques, du porte-avions "Nimitz" saccagé par deux missiles ou des combats dans les villages du Hanovre, est parfaite, captivante, imagée à souhait. Sans oublier quelques zestes plus simplement romanesques, épices d'une épatante hécatombe." Claude Michel Cluny, L'Express. "Un thriller militaire à couper le souffle." Arnould de Liedekerke. Le Figaro Magazine.

Reagan’s War Stories examines the relationship between Ronald Reagan, the public and popular culture. From an overview of Reagan’s youth and the pulp fiction he consumed, we get a sense of the future president’s good/evil outlook. Carrying that over into Reagan’s reading and choices as president, Griffin situates narrative at the center of Reagan’s political formation and leadership providing a compelling account of both Reagan’s life, his presidency, and a lens into non-traditional strategy formulation. Author Ben Griffin tells three stories about an American president who ushered in the end of the Cold War. A survey of Reagan’s youth and the fiction he consumed and created as an announcer and actor, reveals how the future president’s worldview developed. A look at the rise of fiction and popular culture rife with pro-Americanism in the 1980s details a uniquely symbiotic relationship between the chief executive and popular culture in framing the Cold War as a struggle with an “Evil Empire” in the Soviet Union. Finally, Griffin outlines how presidential personality and reading preferences shaped President Reagan’s pursuit of the “Star Wars” initiative and belief in the transformative combination of freedom and technology. Griffin demonstrates that novels by Tom Clancy, Louis L’Amour, and science fiction influenced Reagan’s view of 1980s geopolitics. His identification with fiction led Ronald Reagan to view European Cold War issues with more empathy but harmed the president's policymaking when the narrowness of his reading led him to apply a white-hat/black-hat framework that did not match the reality of conflict in Latin America. Reagan treated fictional portrayals seriously, believing they shaped public views and offered valid ways to think through geo-political issues. Seeking to shape the reading habits of the public, his administration sought to highlight authors who shared his worldview like Tom Clancy, Louis L’Amour, and Allen Drury over other popular writers like Robert Ludlum and John Le Carre who portrayed the Cold War in less stark moral terms. The administration’s favored popular authors in turn intentionally incorporated Reagan-era policies into their work to advocate for them through fiction, thus reaching a broader audience than via official government releases and speeches. Showing how Reagan used narrative as both a consumer and a communicator, Griffin notes that Reagan identified with certain stories and they shaped him as a political leader and later and influenced his approach to complex issues. When handled deftly, incorporating fiction created a common language across the administration and provided a way to convey messages to the masses in a memorable fashion.

In this book, we have hand-picked the most sophisticated, unanticipated, absorbing (if not at times crackpot!), original and musing book reviews of "Red Storm Rising." Don't say we didn't warn you: these reviews are known to shock with their unconventionality or intimacy. Some may be startled by their biting sincerity; others may be spellbound by their unbridled flights of fantasy. Don't buy this book if: 1. You don't have nerves of steel. 2. You expect to get pregnant in the next five minutes. 3. You've heard it all.

The two world superpowers battle it out on land, sea, and air for control of vital oil reserves in the Persian Golf. Chillingly realistic, Tom Clancy portrays a powerful vision of politics, international intrigue and war.

Who is Jack Ryan? Lowly analyst, James Bondian secret agent, President of the United States? All of the above? Or is he just Tom Clancy's mouthpiece for what is right and wrong with politics and policy today? What impact did Red Storm Rising have on Ronald Reagan's policy for dealing with the Soviet Union? Was A Clear and Present Danger a trial balloon for the administration's international war on drugs? Did the climax of Debt of Honor foreshadow the actual terrorist plans for 9/11?... And how did Jack Ryan, a lowly analyst, wind up becoming the President of the United States? Was it wishful thinking or a choreographed roadmap for the time when the defense of America was placed firmly in the hands of backroom strategists? The Jack Ryan Agenda places each of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels ( from his bestselling debute of The Hunt for the Red October to his latest The Teeth of the Tiger) within the historical context of the U.S./International situation at the time each book was published. The Clinton years are examined as well; during this time, Clancy occasionally embraced a "by any means necessary" modus operandi that included Special Forces assassins taking on rogue environmentalists. Turning to film, The Jack Ryan Agenda explores how the movie versions differ from the Clancy's canon-and notes the author's displeasure with the way Hollywood liberals took liberties with his story lines. In the bestselling tradition of The Magic of Harry Potter, The Biology of Star Trek, and The Science of Superman, The Jack Ryan Agenda explores this brand name dynamo's work in the context of the real world where patriot games are a clear and present danger and the sum of all fears are executive orders without remorse. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

"It is a strategic move in the game of life. As in chess, you sometimes must sacrifice certain things or take chances so you can get to your ultimate goal. The same goes for this. And I'm about to make that move."The hole left by the disappearance of the powerful gang led by Devin has been filled with the Black Cloud, a deadly group with deadly intentions. The strongest gang left, led by Brennon, must find a way to unravel the strange mysteries of the cloaked Black Cloud and defeat them to survive. But things go over his head, and soon enough, he must compensate for the effects that follow. Gang life has been revolutionized, and The Mob Rules is your ticket to the golden era of these gangs. Action from the heart of American cities to the far reaches of Siberia to the depths of the ocean await you-and you will discover whether the mob really does rule.

"Stunning. Sean McFate is a new Sun Tzu." -Admiral James Stavridis (retired), former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO An Economist Book of the Year 2019 Some of the principles of warfare are ancient, others are new, but all described in The New Rules of War will permanently shape war now and in the future. By following them Sean McFate argues, we can prevail. But if we do not, terrorists, rogue states, and others who do not fight conventionally will succeed—and rule the world. The New Rules of War is an urgent, fascinating exploration of war—past, present and future—and what we must do if we want to win today from an 82nd Airborne veteran, former private military contractor, and professor of war studies at the National Defense University. War is timeless. Some things change—weapons, tactics, technology, leadership, objectives—but our desire to go into battle does not. We are living in the age of Durable Disorder—a period of unrest created by numerous factors: China’s rise, Russia’s resurgence, America’s retreat, global terrorism, international criminal empires, climate change, dwindling natural resources, and bloody civil wars. Sean McFate has been on the front lines of deep state conflicts and has studied and taught the history and practice of war. He’s seen firsthand the horrors of battle and understands the depth and complexity of the current global military situation. This devastating turmoil has given rise to difficult questions. What is the future of war? How can we survive? If Americans are drawn into major armed conflict, can we win? McFate calls upon the legends of military study Carl von Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, and others, as well as his own experience, and carefully constructs the new rules for the future of military engagement, the ways we can fight and win in an age of entropy: one where corporations, mercenaries, and rogue states have more power and ‘nation states’ have less. With examples from the Roman conquest, World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan and others, he tackles the differences between conventional and future war, the danger in believing that technology will save us, the genuine leverage of psychological and ‘shadow’ warfare, and much more. McFate’s new rules distill the essence of war today, describing what it is in the real world, not what we believe or wish it to be.

Provides an introduction to American pulp fiction during the twentieth century with brief author biographies and lists of their works.

The runaway international No.1 bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s spectacular career – became a blockbuster film – and introduced Jack Ryan.