The story is a war thriller. It is about a conventional ground war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Clancy suggests that several conventional ideas about a ground conflict between modern armies are wrong. For example, he proposes that munitions expenditures would be far higher than projected; that combat helicopters like the AH-64 Apache and the Mi-24 Hind are not as powerful as expected.
The story moves around in rotation, probably about different scenarios being played out in the build up to and aftermath of a Soviet pre emptive strike against NATO forces in the European theatre and naval forces in the North Atlantic.
The story is told in a more descriptive way than in dialog form. In addition, the fighting scenes are brilliantly described and there are lots of military jargons in the story, which Clacy did go to some lengths to explain. Thus, this book is a good read for all, except maybe for those who do not like wars. Even so, page turning from beginning to end is recommended.
The story moves around in rotation, probably about different scenarios being played out in the build up to and aftermath of a Soviet pre emptive strike against NATO forces in the European theatre and naval forces in the North Atlantic.
The story is told in a more descriptive way than in dialog form. In addition, the fighting scenes are brilliantly described and there are lots of military jargons in the story, which Clacy did go to some lengths to explain. Thus, this book is a good read for all, except maybe for those who do not like wars. Even so, page turning from beginning to end is recommended.
You could have supplied a few more details as the review length is 200 words.
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