Czerwony Sztorm

by Tom Clancy

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1999 by Wydawnictwo Adamski i Bieliński (first published 1986)

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Hardcover, 592 pages

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8387454486 (isbn13: 9788387454487)

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Red Storm Rising. Polish translation by Michał Wroczyński.

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Nov 15, 2008

Joe rated it:

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Read in November, 2008

Ah, clancy. If you like his stuff, you'll love this book. If you like the books that he didn't write that have his name on them, you'll probably really like this book.

Few people know that this book was written as part of a competition that clancy had with Stephen King, to see who could write the longest book in a week. Sadly for clancy, King won, but that's only because Clancy took 15 minutes out of the contest to call up the army and ask them the names of some cool guns and plane...more

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Jan 17, 2009

Sue rated it:

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bookshelves: military-fiction, read-before-2006

Read in January, 1990

I believe this was my least liked of the Tom Clancy books I have read - it dragged on in a few sections, and the military maneuver details were overdone to my taste. However, since it was the second one I read and the first was really good, I kept going, and was glad I did.

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Nov 05, 2009

John rated it:

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bookshelves: general-fiction

Read in January, 1986

Tom Clancy’s Red Storm arises amidst the cold-war of the 1980s, when complex events persuade Soviet hardliners to launch an audacious plan to seize Middle-East oil, while framing the Germans for starting a war. In this, the author makes a bold, yet credible portrayal of Kremlin intrigue, and attitudes towards the west. I grew up in the constant shadow of the cold-war, and I remember how the Warsaw pact conventional forces were widely considered superior to those of the NATO alliance. And b...more Tom Clancy’s Red Storm arises amidst the cold-war of the 1980s, when complex events persuade Soviet hardliners to launch an audacious plan to seize Middle-East oil, while framing the Germans for starting a war. In this, the author makes a bold, yet credible portrayal of Kremlin intrigue, and attitudes towards the west. I grew up in the constant shadow of the cold-war, and I remember how the Warsaw pact conventional forces were widely considered superior to those of the NATO alliance. And because I personally witnessed many debates on the critical question of whether we could win a hot war without nukes, I find this scenario especially interesting.

Of the half- dozen Tom Clancy techno-thrillers I have read, this is the most overwhelmingly technical. It is the author’s second novel, following on the heels of the superb Hunt for Red October. Clancy earned such fame and acclaim for his revealing look at submarine cat-and-mouse games that he naturally attempted to repeat the same war game type approach but on a larger scale. Consequently, the author spends many hundreds of pages revealing the minutiae of global and local military strategy. He once again pours out in exquisite detail the technical requirements of war, but this time on the multiple fronts of land, sea, and air. This technical approach is made more palatable when seen from multiple points of view on all sides of the conflict. Even so, for most of this tale’s 800 pages we are immersed in the political maneuvering and intelligence gathering , as well as the actual military operations of a cold war gone hot. If you are intrigued by the game of war, this is a great book.

On the other hand, this book has relatively little human interest compared to Clancy’s other books. Aside from a very good side plot of covert operations by weathermen stationed in Greenland, this is pure war game type simulation. Despite the reported casualties, this war story seems remote and bloodless. There are hardly any closeups of casualties, or grunts, and there is no Jack Ryan super-hero. Instead, our story follows several different characters through interleaving subplots which show how the tide of even a global war can turn on the inspiration, resourcefulness, and good luck of pawns in the storm.

Even though it is a less balanced novel than Tom Clancy’s other books, it is a thrilling tale of military and geopolitical intrigue which I enjoyed immensely(less)

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Jul 07, 2009

Jason rated it:

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Read in July, 2009

The premise of the book was hard for me to buy (a Soviet invasion of Europe for a good old fashioned brawl). It seems like it would be nuke city. In any case, Clancy puts together a tenuous rationale for avoiding the use of nukes, mainly so that he can wargame with the expensive ships, subs, planes and tanks that the military industrial complex had churned out by 1986. As a narrative of a hexagon-boarded wargame, it's a good book. He humanizes the Russians a little bit, but the Allies are al...more

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Dec 22, 2008

Ian rated it:

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I'll do the same review for all Clancy's novels because they're all pretty much the same. Very long, very detailed, and after a while, very repetitive. If you stop after just a few of his books you'd probably give them 4 or 5 stars, but beyond that they start to grate. Especially where Jack Ryan is involved. I mean, Clancy spends hundreds of pages getting his details just right, the settings perfect etc., then he has Ryan dodging more bullets than James Bond! I finally threw my hands up and surr...more

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Jan 06, 2010

Jamie Shew rated it:

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bookshelves: fiction

I got this book for Christmas as a teenager and did not sleep as I read it. It was such an engrossing read especially as a teenager in the 1980's. My guess is a teenager today would not understand why it had such an impact as the Cold War is something they study in history. Tom Clancy was so detailed in setting up the plot, you had to push through the many chapters setting up a climax. I have always considered a Clancy book like a roller coaster, you go up a long hill really slow until that ...more

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May 22, 2009

David rated it:

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bookshelves: read-2009

Read in May, 2009

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Clancy writes military action very well and certain portions of this book were serious page-turners. I feel as though I now better understand the challenges of modern naval warfare.

I have just two criticisms of the book:
1. It did not get exciting for me until around page 150 or so. That's a pretty long preamble to the good stuff. There was also a lull in the middle of the book that I struggled to get through.
2. The switching of chara...more

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Jun 17, 2009

Corbitt rated it:

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Read in January, 2007

At first i thought it was boring, then i got really into the book. although no action happen for a long time it was a really great book. at first i didn't understand the beganing but as i thought about it, the beganing was very good. it fill with action. then its get into the politics part, some what boring, as real politics are. but u cant have a war with out any politics! This is a must read for those who like action, a little comedy, and a little romance. the book as in all of Clancy's book j...more

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Aug 11, 2008

Cindy rated it:

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bookshelves: fiction

Read in January, 1986

This book depicts a detailed military simulation of World War III, NATO vs. the Warsaw Pact, circa 1980s. It unfolds like a war game——beginning with a terrorist attack which results in a catastrophic loss of crucial oil reserves in the USSR, after which hardliners in the Politburo launch an aggressive and audacious plan to seize Middle East oil reserves, implementing as a cover a covert operation in Germany intended to frame the Germans as the aggressor against the USSR in this war. It’s...more

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Aug 31, 2009

Curtiss rated it:

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World War Three is launched when the Soviet Union finds itself facing a major energy crisis, and the hero is a meteorologist turned guerrilla-fighter on Iceland.

Lots of high-tech air-land-and-sea combat delivered at a break-neck pace by the master of the techno-thriller, Tom Clancy. To bad he didn't find a way to include his John Patrick Ryan and make this book part of the Jack Ryan series.

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Jul 26, 2008

Bill Varon rated it:

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Read in January, 1990

Tom Clancy has always had a scary knack for predicting world events through his books. After the release of Red Storm Rising, Clear and Present Danger, Sum of All Fears, etc., shit happened that Clancy had already described in his books. Red Storm Rising was great becasue it described the fall of the Soviet Union. They were starved for oil and this led to their idiotic invasion of Afghanistan and their eventual collapse. Clancy has always been tapped into inner circles in Wash DC through which h...more

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Jun 22, 2009

Charles rated it:

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bookshelves: thriller

I thought this was a massive achievement and really very intersting. I'd give it a higher ranking but it's just so darn long. I understand World War III would take a while, but in fiction the writer could have condensed some of it. Although I enjoyed it, it was a long time after reading this one before I tried another Clancy. I guess I'm just afraid of committment.

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Jan 05, 2010

Jackie Lan rated it:

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Read in August, 2000

I always thought The Hunt For Red October was the best Techno-Thriller ever. But when I was reading this book in bed at night, I could hardly put it down and go to sleep. It is much better, possibly the best of Tom Clancy. I could almost hear tank shells, bullets and missles passing me by. It would be better if Hollywood remake this film. It'd be a great hit.

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Dec 09, 2009

Brian rated it:

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I read this when I was in 6th grade. I have always had a very adult reading level. I sometimes did not understand some of the words, though I found myself using a dictionary a lot while reading this one. It really describes what it may have been like had the USSR and the USA turned the cold war hot. There were many things I liked about this book. I learned a lot about action from reading Clancy.

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Mar 25, 2008

G Bowman rated it:

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Read in January, 2008

recommends it for: Fans of Techno -Thrillers

Red Storm Rising
By: Tom Clancy
Genre: Thrillers, War, Drama, Thriller
Red Strom Rising chronicles a hypothetical World War Three scenario between the United States and the Soviet Union, with any additional allies between the two superpowers. The book describes the viewpoints between both combatants and numerous characters, on land, sea, and air as the global war begins. The story is particularly realistic, although this can also be a con if the reader is looking for metaphorical...more

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Oct 23, 2007

Mike rated it:

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bookshelves: 5-star, fiction

When I first read this book as a kid, it consumed me. I read this thing with an atlas at the ready so I could better understand the unfolding events of this fictional account of World War III. I've read a few of the Cold War era WWIII scenario books, and this is, in my opinion, by far the best; hence the five stars. This book is very detailed and has a great cast of characters. There are a lot of things happening at once, but I never felt lost and I always wanted to know what was going to hap...more

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May 04, 2009

Jeff rated it:

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Read in May, 2009

Rereading another great book from Tom Clancy. I am reading the new Amazon Kindle version of this as well. Have noticed maybe a dozen or more mistakes in the text, many times a '1' in place of a 'i'. Anyway, I am glad it is out for the Kindle - the way Amazon handles that is cool too: if an updated version comes available, I have the right to get the revised (better edited) version for free.

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Feb 03, 2009

Don rated it:

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bookshelves: literature

Read in February, 2009

Eh. It was a 2 hour radio drama (book on tape). Some good detail about sub warfare, got kind of a vibe of the soviet politburo and their attitude towards the west during the cold war. But besides that it was like listening to a video game I couldn't play. Now I understand why there are so many Clancy titles for the Xbox (Ghost Recon, End War, etc.)

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Nov 27, 2008

Nick rated it:

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bookshelves: lost-to-the-game, read-multiple-times, unlikely-to-acquire

Read in January, 1991

Oh man, this was my favorite book until I was thirteen or so, and I've read it several hundred times at least. It's kind of hokey, looking back, and certainly pop literature, but the several copies I wore through testify to its entertainment value.

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Jan 22, 2010

Steve Van Slyke rated it:

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Read in September, 1989
It's a very tough call but I might have liked this one more than I liked The Hunt for Red October. Unforunately I began to lose interest in Clancy's books after reading the ones that immediately followed this one.

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