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Clear and Present Danger
by Tom Clancy
Product Group: Book
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1989-08-17)
ISBN: 0399134409
EAN: 9780399134401
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 656 pages
Edition: First Edition
SKU: 01CB-009-7-0507
Condition: VG-
Comments: FIRST EDITION; Trade edition; Clean copy, no markings by previous owners; Text block and dust jacket beginning to yellow around the edges; DJ lightly rubbed/soiled, slightly chipped, with some edgewear; Corners very slightly bumped; Tight copy. *International Buyers Welcome!* (except for prohibitively heavy items, as noted) - Satisfied customers in over 40 countries! We ship quickly and guarantee satisfaction. Your purchase helps support a U. Chicago student
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The CIA take on Colombian drug lords in Tom Clancy's fifth No 1 bestseller -- now reissued with a new cover. Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated the American Ambassador and the visiting head of the FBI. Their message is clear: leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. The decision is made to send undercover teams into Colombia. Back in the USA, men armed with the most sophisticated tools their country can devise prepare to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is? Jack Ryan and CIA field officer John Clark must find the answer. They expect danger from without, yet the greatest danger of all may come from within!
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Amazon.com Review
CIA man Jack Ryan, hero of Patriot Games, finds that he will probably never have a boring summer: The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's new thriller is based on America's war on drugs... and the covert--and shocking--U.S. response.
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Customer Reviews
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Right-wing pap guised as 'technothriller'
Rating  (3)
Date: 2010-07-06
Tom Clancy knows his stuff, that we all know. But his politics and his paper 'patriots' like Jack Ryan often overshadow the narrative (it actually fares a lot better here than his previous novels, like 'Patriot Games'; where our 'heroes' were so morally correct and faultless it's simply...BAD writing). As of writing this review, Tom Clancy's novels have hit rock bottom; the intelligent folk of America have come to see his militaristic, pro-American novels as outdated rants from a Reganesque era where diplomatic reason was all to lacking. But his earlier novels were actually worthwhile-'Clear and Present Danger' being one of the readable of the bunch; and his simple-simon, military centered politics actually did serve the plot some good. It's a good thriller, in the rein of his first novel 'Hunt for Red October'; if you have the patience to ignore his intrusive, right-wing rants that pepper the pages now and then this is good bromide before bed, and that's all there is to it (and people wonder why his novels clock in at 600+ pages!).
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Compact and very relevant story in its time, but...one nitpick
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-11-15
I won't add to the already excellent user and critical reviews other than to post one nitpick observation:
All the original novels in hardcover had "signature" fonts, artwork, and layout, and most importantly, the artwork was relevant to the story.
A photo of two obviously much older F106A Delta Darts of the Montana Air National Guard, which have zero role in the story, is typical of the careless approach to the paper back covers. These aircraft technically were in service until the late 1980's before completely being phased out (which started in 1983), but have *nothing* to do with this story!
It's not that hard to get it right, the original has a Sikorsky Helicopter which actually figures prominently in this story, not two second-line Firghters who come no closer to the story line than the Canadian Border. Even some stock artwork of a Tomcat would have made more sense!
I warned it was a "nit", but given the number of people who read these books with an appreciation of the level of effort Clancy made to be reasonably accurate w/re to equipment, I can only ask, "Did he ever see this cover? He would have had kittens!"
:)
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This book needs an editor.
Rating  (2)
Date: 2009-06-04
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
If I had to describe this book with one word it would be long. This book goes on forever. It wouldn't be so bad if it were interesting, but long stretches of this book are very dry and boring. It takes several hundred pages to set up the story, and much of this is wasted on extensively describing characters and subplots that have very little to do with the main story.
When the main part of the story is going, it goes very well. There is intrigue, suspense, exciting gunplay, and surprises that are typical of Clancy novels. But there is so much in between that the book as a whole drags.
In addition, the discussions about the rape early in the book and the foul language did nothing to contribute to the story, and in fact detracted greatly from it.
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Don't like aspect
Rating  (1)
Date: 2009-03-09
0 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
It's bad to wage war on drug dealers in South America?!?!?!?!?
I wish Tom Clancy would do us all a big favor and keep his silly Libertarian views to himself.
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Good listen
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-12-20
A good read to a good book, I just wish that they had an unabridged version of it.
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