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Debt of Honor (Jack Ryan #7)
by
Tom Clancy
Razio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists, and part of a relatively small group of authority who wield tremendous authority in the Pacific Rim's economic powerhouse.
He has devised a plan to cripple the American greatness, humble the US military, and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage.
Yamata's motivation lies in his desire to...more
He has devised a plan to cripple the American greatness, humble the US military, and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage.
Yamata's motivation lies in his desire to...more
Paperback, 990 pages
Published
August 1st 1995
by Berkley
(first published 1994)
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This is by far my favorite of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, in which Jack and the NSA 'discover' that Japan's business interests have coerced their government into launching a modern-day sneak attack on the US and get away with it almost without the US even being aware of it. Together with the usual supporting cast from the previous novels, Jack is able to restore the status-quo-ante by the end of the book, that is up to the surprise finish which leaves Jack 'in charge.'
My favorite scene is the...more
My favorite scene is the...more
Perhaps 1 star is a bit harsh; maybe I should give it 1.5 instead. Clancy remains a skilled writer, in terms of dialogue, character development, and the build-up of suspense. If you've gotten this far in the Jack Ryan series, Debt of Honor will be an easy and enjoyable read for you.
The problem is the plot. The gymnastics that Clancy needs to go through to set up a half-way plausible explanation for a war between the United States and Japan--not to mention a reason why Japan has half a chance aga...more
The problem is the plot. The gymnastics that Clancy needs to go through to set up a half-way plausible explanation for a war between the United States and Japan--not to mention a reason why Japan has half a chance aga...more
Jul 23, 2011
Mike Tueros
added it
Another book that I started years ago and never finished (clearly not enough time on a plane back then). I enjoy the premise of the Clancy books, and the Jack Ryan character - however, it really plays out with more excitement in the movies (and I never say that about books to film). Clancy simply has too much detail - and you can get lost for pages in the technical mumbo-jumbo of the military, it's weapons, aircraft, or strategic procedures. Debt of Honor (written in 1994) starts with a wealthy...more
5.5 to 6.0 stars. This is my favorite Tom Clancy book. I don't want to give away any spoilers but the scope of the plot and the multi-pronged attack on the U.S. was amazing. Add to that the superb way in which the good guys fight back and an "over the top" ending and you have a memorable piece of fiction by one of the masters of the genre.
Continuing my read through the Jack Ryan series, I have to say that this might be the best one so far, or at least equal to how much I liked Hunt for Red October. Japan becoming a threat in the way it does in the book seems a slight reach, though it's explained logically, and it is truly shades of what's going on in North Korea today. Perhaps what I liked best about it is that the ending was a complete twist and nothing I saw coming while reading through the book, even down to the last few pages...more
Okay, this is where everything started going to hell. I think I finished this one -- the Capitol explodes at the end, right? -- but I don't remember anything else about it except wanting it all to end. It was at this point where I realized that not only was Jack Ryan -- who began life as a CIA anaylst (an ANALYST, mind you, not even an ops guy!) and never held elected office -- was not only on track to become President of the United States, but was only one book away from becoming Master of the...more
Much more technical and a lot SLOWER than the other Jack Ryan novels. At points, I'd say it even bordered on boring. Although in Clancy's defense, the large emphasis on economical crisis was new, and thus required much more explanation, which didn't interest me personally as much as the military/paramilitary action of the other books. And even so, Clancy definitely stepped up the pace in the latter half of the book, leading up to an EPIC ending. His ability to intertwine plots and play out every...more
I listened to this book on audiobook. It was 30 hours and the narrator wasn't the best. In this book Japan attacks the US. It is interesting the difference of how the state department and the National Security Advisor works. This books shows all four elements of the DIME. The battle started with the economy. The Japanese then took military action and the US resolved the conflict using information from the CIA and using the media along with military and diplomatic action. At the end Jack becomes...more
The beginning was painfully slow, almost stopped a couple of times. However, once all of the back story was past and the pieces started falling together, it became an enjoyable read. This was my first Tom Clancy book, even though I have seen the many movies based on his books. I did ruin the ending for this book for myself because I grabbed the next book in the series and read the back cover which tells of the climatic scene of this book, setting up the next one. I will continue to look for more...more
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Wow, what a thriller! I can see now why Tom Clancy is the master of the techno-thriller. I hadn't read him in a while but was intrigued by this title because it had been cited in the 9/11 TV coverage.
A new war betweeen Japan and the United States puts Jack Ryan - now National Security Adviser - at the forefront of the nation's response.
And how will the U.S. respond to aggressive Japanese military action after its own forces have been reduced for peace?
Clancy's encyclopedic knowledge of defence t...more
A new war betweeen Japan and the United States puts Jack Ryan - now National Security Adviser - at the forefront of the nation's response.
And how will the U.S. respond to aggressive Japanese military action after its own forces have been reduced for peace?
Clancy's encyclopedic knowledge of defence t...more
Razio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists, and part of a relatively small group of authority who wield tremendous authority in the Pacific Rim's economic powerhouse.
He has devised a plan to cripple the American greatness, humble the US military, and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage.
Yamata's motivation lies in his desire to pay off a Debt of Honor to his parents and to the country he feels is responsible for their deaths—America. All he needs is a c...more
He has devised a plan to cripple the American greatness, humble the US military, and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage.
Yamata's motivation lies in his desire to pay off a Debt of Honor to his parents and to the country he feels is responsible for their deaths—America. All he needs is a c...more
I've heard it said that this book is too long. I don't see how it could be shortened without chopping out the political arc of the story. That would leave us with two powerful nations butting heads, and no real idea of how the conflict came about. Some writers might be content with that. Tom Clancy is not. He knows that you cannot begin to understand any event or action until you understand the forces responsible for its creation. How do nations plunge, leap, stumble, or blunder into war? Mr. Cl...more
The reason I haven't gotten into Tom Clancy books is the extreme technical detail he gets into. Debt of Honor is no different from others I've read by him. It has a great plot, but it's buried in between pages and pages and pages of techical details about subs and ships, radar and torpedos, fighters, bombers, helicopters, nuclear weapons, the lists goes on and on. That said, I slogged through it all because the story itself was great. And then the whole thing ends with an amazing cliffhanger, th...more
Book number 8 in the Jack Ryan series by Tom Clancy. After a serious automobile accident kills four people, the US congress initiates trade restrictions with Japan - and that leads to war. A Japanese businessman, Razio Yamata, takes it upon himself to get even with America for all the differences they have had in several generations. Yamata plots a stock market crash devaluing the dollar, the hostile takeover of Saipan and the Mariana Islands, the sinking of two submarines, and the crippling of...more
Jan 21, 2010
Wesley
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Debt of Honor, among other things, is the story of Jack Ryan and his role in a conflict between the Japan and the United States that eventually leads to war between the two countries. Personally, I found this book to be very boring because of the fact that it was overly long. Throughout the book, I saw multiple parts where the author, Tom Clancy could have just ended the book, but he kept going on and on. Eventually, I just found that he dragged out the events to the point where I was, instead o...more
Apr 16, 2009
Nick Black
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3 of 5 stars
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A more enjoyable outing than The Sum of All Fears or the lamentable Without Remorse; Clancy managed here to get it up one last time following the CCCP's dissolution, and I've got to admit that one of my first thoughts on 2001-09-11 was "holy gawd some Montana nutcase has brought his Debt of Honor recreation society to a horrible climax". Everything fell apart in the followup effort Executive Orders, which was to close the door on my teenage fascination with Old Man Clancy.
One of the best essays...more
One of the best essays...more
After what appears to be a pair of "accidents" during U.S. Naval manuevers, results in the crippling of one of America's front-line aircraft carriers and the loss of one of her SSN attack submarines, is followed by the melt-down of Wall Street's Stock Exchanges, Jack Ryan concludes that what has actually occurred is that Japan has launched another surprise attack against the U.S. to recover the Mariana Islands of Guam and Saipan.
A retired Coast Guardsman contacts the pentagon and confirms that J...more
A retired Coast Guardsman contacts the pentagon and confirms that J...more
I listened to the audio recording of this. I had read the book a couple of years ago.This is classic Tom Clancy. The US gets into a war with Japan as a result of some very belligerent and very stupid Japanese leaders. Guess who wins. It includes the usual high-tech military gadgets, military heroes, cultural prejudice and right-wing political rantings. Despite all of this, the novel makes you turn the pages to see what happens at the end. Good for airplane reading or long solitary drives.
Debt of Honor is basically about what happens when the Americans mess with the Japanese. Our main character, Jack Ryan, has been called in as the National Security Advisor and must deal with all the problems that take place over the course of the book.
Ryan was a pretty boring character (at least for me, though this is the only Jack Ryan book I've read)and though he always knew what to do, he really had to flaws and was pretty flat. It seemed like Clancy just wanted to show off his favorite char...more
Ryan was a pretty boring character (at least for me, though this is the only Jack Ryan book I've read)and though he always knew what to do, he really had to flaws and was pretty flat. It seemed like Clancy just wanted to show off his favorite char...more
Wow, that was long but worth it. I really enjoyed this book for the details, the plot line, and of course for the conclusion. I will start reading Executive orders as soon as possible because I can't wait to find out what happens. There were quite a few plots, and several connections to other books (like Mr. Clark's past) which were quite Clancy-ish coincidental, but it was enjoyable all the same. Also, I was able to forgive the Persian Gulf references, as his previous books have indicated that...more
Went through a Tom Clancy period for several years. This particular book left me literally dumbfounded at the end. Clancy weaves an intricate tale of intrigue which culminates in a brutal attack on the nation's capital. I remember not being able to stop reading during the climax - you know when you can't devour the words fast enough, your eyes skim to the next scene. I couldn't breathe and finally I sat in my chair and felt all the air sucked out of my lungs and I began to cry like a baby! This...more
A 3.5, but for the ending. After Hunt for Red October, I'll admit I wasn't too excited to get into another Clancy. I enjoyed Rainbow Six, but my attention to detail can only be held so long. Nice of Clancy to shift from Russian-bashing (though his stereotypes still grate on me- in this book, he managed to insult the Russians, Japanese, Arabs, and women from what I remember). The submarine/plane details again get a little heavy, particularly around the 600-700 page mark when you just want someone...more
Love Clancy's work and am re-reading the Jack Ryan series. As with all his work, Clancy pays meticulous attention to the finest operational details ... eerily predictive to use an aircraft as a weapon. While Debt of Honor is good and has an explosive ending, it has the same cover-to-cover feel as walking out of a "stand-alone" movie with the realization that it was just setting up a sequel. 3.5 out of 5.
Just finished this book and it was exhausting. Any faithful reader of Clancy novels knows all about the shifting scenes from one situation or character to another. The thing I enjoyed most about this book was the incredible way that Clancy set up his next novel, "Executive Orders." If you haven't read these two cliff-hangers by all means make sure you read this book first. Overall, I enjoyed the book. I am currently reading the latest books by Grisham, Baldacci and the James Patterson's lates bo...more
In a technical sense, probably not the best of Clancy's work by any stretch of the imagination. That is so. On the other hand, after 9/11 happened and people were running around saying how nobody could have seen this coming, anybody who read Debt of Honor stopped and said, "Yeah, about that..." Any time art anticipates life (even if only in some small way) you have to give it a little credit.
Nov 26, 2010
Indah Threez Lestari
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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Salah satu buku dengan ending yang mengejutkan. Spoiler alert mode on... jangan baca lanjutannya kalau belum baca buku ini!
Jack Ryan yang semula menjabat National Security Advisor diangkat menjadi Wakil Presiden. Namun ketika Jack Ryan sedang dalam perjalanan menuju Capitol Hill untuk pengambilan sumpah, seorang pilot pesawat komersil Jepang (yang anaknya tewas dalam perang singkat Jepang-AS di novel ini) menabrakkan pesawatnya ke gedung Capitol Hill, menewaskan 99% pemimpin AS yang berkumpul di...more
Jack Ryan yang semula menjabat National Security Advisor diangkat menjadi Wakil Presiden. Namun ketika Jack Ryan sedang dalam perjalanan menuju Capitol Hill untuk pengambilan sumpah, seorang pilot pesawat komersil Jepang (yang anaknya tewas dalam perang singkat Jepang-AS di novel ini) menabrakkan pesawatnya ke gedung Capitol Hill, menewaskan 99% pemimpin AS yang berkumpul di...more
I actually listened to this book while I was driving, and it was perfect! Entertaining, suspenseful enough. I didn't see all the plot twists coming. I could picture Harrison Ford while I was listening... what could be bad?! I'm pretty sure this is the first Tom Clancy book I've read; otherwise, I've seen the movies, and enjoyed them thoroughly.
This is where Clancy really goes off the deep end in his books; apparently some Japanese business man dude is mad about World War 2 and instigates another war between the US and Japan cause he's like HELLA MAD or something I DON'T FUCKING KNOW OK. The whole thing is stupid through and through and it's only rated 2/5 because of its comedy value.
This is the third Tom Clancy book I have read (Without Remorse and The Sum of All Fears were the others). This one got off to a slow start for me, but I really enjoyed watching as all of the incredibly detailed and intricate plot-lines wove together. And (hoo boy!) the ending is pretty spectacular. It really makes me want to run out and get the next book. But I won't. At least, not right away. Because all I've done in every spare minute over the last week is read this book, and I really have oth...more
First an economic war, then a shooting war between the US and Japan. Nuclear disaster is narrowly averted by skilled political and tactical work on the part of Jack Ryan and John Clark. The US is safe once more....or is it? DO NOT stop reading before the final chapter!!! And have Executive Orders ready when you are through.
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From www.loc.gov: Best-selling author Tom Clancy was an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College and he had a dream of writing a novel. As a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history, his dream came true with his first effort, The Hunt for Red October (1984). He has since written more than a dozen novels, which have a blend of realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and r...more
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