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Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.07 | 323473 Users | 2902 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Hunt for Red October |
| ISBN: | 0425172902 (ISBN13: 9780425172902) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Jack Ryan #3, Jack Ryan Universe #4, Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order) #1 , more |
| Characters: | Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius, Dr. John "Jack" Patrick Ryan, Dr. Cathy Ryan, Ivan Yurievich Putin, Viktor Alexievich Tupolev, Bartolomeo Vito Mancuso, Oliver Wendell Tyler, Alexei Arbatov, Ronald Jones, Charles Davenport, Valintin Bugayev |
| Setting: | London, England Washington, D.C.,1982(United States) Atlantic Ocean …more Moscow(Russian Federation) …less |
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Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a top secret Russian missile sub. Lauded by the Washington Post as "breathlessly exciting." The Hunt for Red October remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the world's most popular authors, a man whose shockingly realistic scenarios continue to hold us in thrall.Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on...
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| Title | : | The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan #3) |
| Author | : | Tom Clancy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | October 15th 1999 by Berkley Trade (first published October 28th 1984) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Suspense. War. Military Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 323473 Users | 2902 ReviewsColumn Of Books The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan #3)
At the tail end of the Cold War, Captain Marko Ramius of the Soviet Navy decides to defect , incredibly planning to bring the most advanced submarine in the world with him.The Red October has a new drive system that is virtually noiseless.The nuclear vessel would be almost undetectable, a great advantage against the U.S. and its Allies, but the charismatic Ramius is a bitter man.The widower, and half Lithuanian blames the Soviet Union for the botched operation that killed his beloved wife.He hasThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyTom Clancy explains just how dangerous it must be to work on a submarine. The better half of this story takes place in the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between North America and Europe, in the 1980s. CIA agent, Jack Ryan finds out just how hard it is to find a submarine that appears to fool even the best sonar men.Jack Ryan is one of the main characters that I liked in this story. He is a persistent human being in that he is unwilling to give up without
Writers style is not engaging or entertaining for me. Hes probably good for military technical buffs.This guy is a popular best selling author. But not for me. I assume his fans are those who love to think and talk about military technical stuff - with a story to go along with it. The author is regularly welcomed aboard jets, submarines, and destroyers. Admirals and generals give him access, Pentagon officials debrief him, and many of his books are required reading at military colleges. So I
Everyone always goes on about how meticulous Tom Clancy's background research is, but there was a moment in this book which made me wonder. They're going to run a big program on a military computer, and (being gamblin' military men) they decide to bet on how long it will take to complete. One of them asks how long the program is - number of lines, or punched cards, or whatever. The other one tells him, and then the first guy makes his estimate.I'm sorry, this no doubt shows what a mean-spirited
The beginning of the book is so bogged down with details that it's quite painful to read; however all of that is made up by a blockbuster of an ending.
I read all but a couple of Clancy's Ryan/Clark books and find them good in the extreme. I do prefer Vince Flynn and Brad Thor, but they're somewhat different (well their characters are closer to Clark than Ryan). In this one Ryan still hasn't actually started his political career... But he does get drawn into the danger, again.Jack (an annalist for the CIA)manages to get tagged to fly photos to the UK...from there he ends trying to convince the powers in charge that a Russian sub captain is
This is a very good story that is incredibly researched. However, in this instance, I'd have to say the movie is better. The reason is that the movie is simplified. This is a very complex book involving military strategy. Even being a ten year veteran of our armed forces, and familiar with military language and acroynms, I found this book slow to read. The author did extensive research into soviet and allied submarines in particular, but also all naval vessels and even aircraft. He receits
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