The Bear and the Dragon

Ok, so I've read probably half a dozen Clancy novels over the course of time, most recently this and Executive Orders. What's interesting is that today, in 2013, how wrong Clancy has been about practically everything, from both foreign and domestic policy. Clancy has made a career of using an encyclo......more

I have read many of Tom Clancy's books, and liked them a lot. This one, however, is so disappointing. First, it is much too long. There are a number of sub-plots, and it is hard to see how they really affect the conclusion to the story. So much of the book seems to be filler; the 1137 pages could be......more

Well, let me say it this way: my ideal WW3 scenario has Russia and China as allies rather than fighting each other. I also don't think that the role of president suits Jack Ryan at all and the book was over 1100 pages long with the build-up to war being slow. But regardless, in the novel (spoilers) t......more

Another good book by Clancy.......more

24june2019 one of the few books i bought and read hot off the press; okay, let's be honest; more accurately just the one; plus it might have been cold as it was a few months later of course i plan on rereading this sometime; hopefully soon first book i've read that's at least a thousand pages long, wooo! * 3......more