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Title: Ssn (Wheeler Large Print Book Series (Cloth)) by Tom Clancy, Martin Greenberg ISBN: 1-56895-934-6 Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.19 (181 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best war story i have every read
Comment: I read SSN it was written by Tom Clancy. It is a war novel. I really liked this book because it had action around every corner.
This book is about the Chinese invading the oil-rich Spratly Islands. America doesn't want this to happen so they try to stop them. It is mostly about one submarine SSN Cheyenne. She takes on most tasks that it would normally take at least two submarines. She takes out convoys and enemy battle groups. Her captian is Mack. Her most reliable friend is McKee. McKee is a ship that reloads all weapons aboard Cheyenne. One of the best parts is when Cheyenne took on seven submarines, three Kilos, two Akulas, and two Remos. She won the battle with amazing speed. Every shot hit its mark. The enemy couldn't even make a snapshot. They knew they were doomed when she started to fire.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes war and submarines. This is a good book. So read it.
Rating: 1
Summary: Reads like a computer game
Comment: Tom Clancy says in the intro that this book is based on a computer game. This may explain why the book is so unrealistic in the fact that the Cheyenne is able to complete every mission without any hitches at all - it's like a computer game: you get 3 lives, after which you must press a button to get another 3 lives...
While it might give you an insight into the various classes of submarines, it won't help your understanding of the Spratly Island conflict. Here's what the BBC has to say about the Spratly Islands:
"War in the Spratlys ... would also put pressure on the US to intervene, as it has defence guarantees and treaties with a number of the claimants. It would be reluctant to do so.
In 1995 the US naval war college ran a series of computer war games simulating a conflict with China over the South China Sea. In every case Chinese forces won the day."
So Tom Clancy's submarine wiping out the entire Chinese navy doesn't seem too realistic does it?
Sorry Tom, only 1 star due to the lack of realism. If I wanted a shakedown on the different types of submarine available, I would have bought a guide to submarines rather than this poor excuse for a novel.
Rating: 1
Summary: Ummmmmm....Yeah
Comment: Since I did not complete this "book" (if it is even worthy of that title), I will not make an extensive review. Overall note: DON'T TOUCH THIS FOUL THING EVEN IF SOMEONE AIMED A GUN AT YOUR HEAD!!!!! This repetetive foul piece of liturature not only doesn't have deep characters: It's bloody confusing! I hated this book. So therefore my word to you is to leave this thing where it belongs: the trash.
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Title: Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425138739 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy ISBN: 039915079X Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons Pub. Date: 11 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Executive Orders (Jack Ryan Novels) by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425158632 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Without Remorse by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425143325 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 04 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Bear and the Dragon (Jack Ryan Novels) by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425180964 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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