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To: Fiji Hill
I read Clancy's Red Storm Rising (New York: Putnam, 1983) but didn't like it--the story struck me as being too unrealistic.

What was unrealistic for you? As a USMC officer in the 1970's I studied the stopping of massive Soviet tank forces coming through the Fulda Gap, and other scenarios portrayed in the book. I found Red Storm Rising VERY realistic. And an enjoyable read.

13 posted on 05/24/2021 10:46:02 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: BwanaNdege

“What was unrealistic for you? As a USMC officer in the 1970’s I studied the stopping of massive Soviet tank forces coming through the Fulda Gap, and other scenarios portrayed in the book. I found Red Storm Rising VERY realistic. And an enjoyable read.”

I agree. I was an armor officer in the Fulda Gap area in the late ‘70s and a small unit tactical training consultant in the ‘80s.
Loved RED STORM RISING as well as both THE THIRD WORLD WAR books. Also an avid wargamer and reader. We fought NATO paper battles and digital battles many times, ground and naval.


30 posted on 05/25/2021 7:31:02 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (Count Rostov "The tyranny of inare redistinguishable days.")
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