How did Tom Clancy Know???

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

An excellent book, I would highly recommend it.

Is this it? http://dobrochan.ru/src/pdf/1205/Red...lph-Peters.pdf

[Mr Quatro]

Tom Clancy died on October 1, 2013. Clancy died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, but the reason has never been made public.

You can do your own search for why Tom Clancy died, but you won't find any answers ... a lot of tin foil hats sounding off that he was more right than wrong and even had a book coming out about Muslims in the White House.

Only 66 and a known heavy drinker, but yet he died so fast.

Doesn't anyone care about answers anymore?

It's reported that Tom wondered why anyone would report aboard a ship that sinks (submarines), but then he was able to meet some of the submarine officers through the insurance company that he owned in Maryland and he decided that submarine officers were like jet fighter test pilots.

[Platapus]

To properly evaluate Tom Clancy's accuracy it is important to not only look at the stuff he got right but also the stuff he got wrong.

I must have been the only person in the military that was not a TC fan. The only book of his I really enjoyed is one he said was his worst - Hunt for red october.

[Red October1984]

I read all but the three newest ones. I'm in the middle of Command Authority. I just can't find the time to read anymore. I even read SSN and his little game franchise books that bear his name but are written by other people.

I thought they were all excellent with the exception of the franchise books and SSN.

Whether or not he got every little detail right or not doesn't matter to me. He's a hell of a storyteller and his books will forever be my favorite.

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Is this it? http://dobrochan.ru/src/pdf/1205/Red...lph-Peters.pdf

Can't access it for some reason.

The prologue is about a squad of Soviet motorised infantrymen going around Germany, speculating if there would be war.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

Can't access it for some reason.

The prologue is about a squad of Soviet motorised infantrymen going around Germany, speculating if there would be war.

Probably is then....here is the beginning:

In the heart of a European forest, a young private
dreams of home and rock 'n roll. At command headquarters,
a four-star general pursues a family tradition
of military honor that reaches back centuries. They
could be any two soldiers in the world. It could be any
army—but it's not. The place is the East German border.
The time is tomorrow—and the Soviet Army is about to
attack...
While Western leaders debate the use of nuclear
weapons, the Soviet Army and its Warsaw Pact allies
crash across West Germany, exploiting the NATO armies'
deadly lack of preparation. In a matter of days,
refugees clog the roads and cities are in shambles. The
Soviet Army wages a brutal battle for Europe—even as
the hidden rivalries and divided loyalties within its ranks
begin to emerge.
In this extraordinary, controversial novel, author
Ralph Peters—a U.S. Army intelligence officer specializing
in the Soviet military—takes us inside an army of
dozens of languages and ethnic backgrounds, into the
belly of an armored personnel carrier, the cockpit of a
MIG, and onto the bloody battlefield where sophisticated
tanks duel like ancient, flame-spewing dragons.
From Chief of Staff Chibisov, fighting his ethnic heritage,
to the daring tank commander Bezarin, locked in
an unforgettable duel of wits with a British division, from
bitter veterans of Afghanistan to raw recruits, a host of
vivid characters are swept up in the chaos and drama.
Some will be heroes. Some will die, and others will have
their souls scarred forever.
As the NATO armies make their last, desperate stands
—divided by Soviet maneuvers and their own political
squabbling—RED ARMY thunders to a truly frightening
climax.

[ikalugin]

Yes, that is the book.

[Jimbuna]

Couldn't resist reading the last chapter so now I realise why you rate it

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Couldn't resist reading the last chapter so now I realise why you rate it

I rate it not b/c of the end result, but because Soviets in it follow the Soviet way of fighting war and not some horribly biased view on how Soviets would fit their war. It is also less reliant on the -tech magic- and -luck magic- Clancy's books are built around.

[Jimbuna]

I still intend reading it through from the beginning then I will be able to make any comparisons with Red Storm Rising....which obviously had a different ending