Red Storm Rising
When Muslim fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Russians figure they are going to have to take things into their own hands. They plan to seize the Persian Gulf, and more ambitiously, to neutralize NATO. Thus begins Red Storm,...
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When Muslim fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Russians figure they are going to have to take things into their own hands. They plan to seize the Persian Gulf, and more ambitiously, to neutralize NATO. Thus begins Red Storm, an audacious gamble that uses diplomatic maneuver to cloak a crash military build-up. When Soviet tanks begin to roll, the West is caught off guard. What looks like a thrust turns into an all-out shooting war, possibly the climactic battle for control of the globe.
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Format: Audible Audio Edition
ASIN: B004FI3EBU
Publish date: 2010-12-07
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
This was my first introduction to Tom Clancy, and remains my favorite book. The opening chapter is Clancy at his best: terrorists attack and destroy an oil refinery in the Soviet Union. This forces the Soviets to essentially launch an offensive against the rest of the world to secure their energy fu...
War is not really my thing, but this was gripping and believable. Long though.
Frankly, this is Tom Clancy's magnum opus. If you're going to read only one Clancy novel, read this one.
It was an amazing book when it came out, considering the period. I read it while serving in the military and I had walked, driven or flown over most of the W. German battlefields in here. At the time, the technology was cutting edge but not now. I'd be interested to know if someone reading it for ...
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