The sum of all fears

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Summary

Against all odds we have made it into the last half of the 1990s. The Cold War looks solved, Arabs and Jews are talking, confrontation is on the wane. In this new harmony, one discord—what becomes of unemployed terrorists?You can bet they aren't going to retire quietly. Shunned by the Soviets, isolated by Middle Eastern realignment, one cadre hits on a scheme to jump-start the war machine. It's brilliant in its simplicity. With a single act they bring the world to nuclear boil. Jack Ryan and Dan Murray sweat to defuse a cataclysmic response.

Published Reviews

Publisher's Weekly Review: "Clancy evolves from storyteller to novelist in his latest techno-thriller, as gadgets take second place to politics and personalities. In the late 1990s the world is cautiously emerging from the Cold War; even the Arab-Israeli conflict is being resolved, thanks to the cleverness of Clancy's hero Jack Ryan. But as confrontation yields to cooperation, what becomes of displaced terrorists? Palestinians without a cause and East Germans without a country seek to rekindle U.S.-U.S.S.R. animosity. A small nuclear device is exploded at the Super Bowl; in Berlin American and Russian troops are tricked into firing on each other; residual suspicions carry the action from there. After the solution of the Middle East crisis serves as an exciting preliminary to the main plot, the novel's middle parts seem a recycling of situations and characters from Red October and Cardinal of the Kremlin. But in the last third of the book Clancy integrates story lines, taking readers on a nonstop roller-coaster ride to a nail-biting finish. Fundamentally, Clancy is writing about a vital and elusive quality: grace under pressure. Whether terrorists or statesmen, Clancy's characters face a common challenge--situations that break down pretensions of rank, power and ideology. Their responses, carefully and empathetically constructed, make this book compelling instead of merely ingenious. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information

Series	Jack Ryan thriller (publication date order) Features Jack Ryan, Sr., a CIA Deputy Director of Central Intelligence who eventually serves two terms as President of the United States #1 - The Hunt for Red October #2 - Patriot games #3 - The Cardinal of the Kremlin #4 - Clear and present danger #5 - The Sum of all fears #6 - Debt of honor #7 - Executive orders #8 - Red rabbit #9 - Command authority #10 - Full force and effect #11 - Commander in chief #12 - True faith and allegiance #13 - Power and empire #14 - Oath of office #15 - Code of honor #16 - Shadow of the dragon #17 - Chain of command #18 - Red winter
Subjects	Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character) Fiction Nuclear terrorism Fiction Intelligence service United States Fiction Literature Thriller Fiction Adventure stories. Spy stories. Audiobooks.
Publisher	New York :Books on Tape,2011 Books on Tape2011
Contributors	McDonald, John. OverDrive, Inc.
Participants/Performers	Read by John McDonald. Scott Brick.
Language	English
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Format: OverDrive WMA Audiobook Format: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook Requires OverDrive Media Console 1.0 / 1.0 (Windows Mobile) or OverDrive Media Console 3.0 (Windows) / 1.0 (Mac) / 1.0 (Windows Mobile)
Description	1 audio file : digital
ISBN	9780307938725 0307938727
Other	Classic View