[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.

[BwanaNdege]

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.

[Radix]

Of all the Clancy novels ‘Red Storm Rising’ was the most realistic.

That book stands out. When I read it (it was new) I was stunned to see mention of so many sites where I myself had actually been to. It literally was about the EUSAREUR strategy for containing the USSR if they were to invade into our western Allies lands.

No other Clancy book was quite like it.