Red Storm Rising
2 cassettes / 2 hoursRead by F. Murray Abraham"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...
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2 cassettes / 2 hoursRead by F. Murray Abraham"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.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780394298665 (0394298667)
Publish date: September 13th 1988
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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