Debt of Honor: A Jack Ryan Novel

by Tom Clancy

Paperback, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

F Cla

Call number

F Cla

Barcode

3121

Publication

Berkley (1995), 1008 pages

Description

Fiction. Thriller. HTML:Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski! THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK RYAN NOVEL ??A harrowing tale?Clancy keeps you riveted with political intrigue and military maneuvering [and] sends you rushing headlong to the book??s stunning conclusion.???USA Today Bestselling author Tom Clancy takes a bold, incisive look at what our nation??s leaders are calling ??the new world order.? The time and place: a world at peace, where yesterday??s enemies are tomorrow??s allies. The players: Jack Ryan as the new U.S. President??s National Security Advisor, and his CIA colleagues, John Clark and Domingo Chavez. The crisis: a shocking chain of events in which the wages of peace are as fully complex??and devastating??as those of war.   ??[Debt of Honor] traces the financial, political, military, and personal machinations that drive America into the next major global war?A S… (more)

Original publication date

1994

User reviews

LibraryThing member mkrishna
Once again, Tom Clancy describes the world as if he has been briefed by the military and intelligence branches of countries as widely diverse as the U.S., Japan, and India. He presents the world of tomorrow in a frighteningly plausible manner; a Japan restless after over half a century of losing
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face by not having its own military, and sensing its growing economic and political power; an India emerging from Third World status to become one of the 21st century's superpowers, and a United States that has drifted along too long assuming its own superpower. An all too plausible series of events culminates in a tragedy that predicts a shadow of actual current events. A fascinating view of how totally separate series of events could lead to the same ends.
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LibraryThing member Zare
Cause: Japanese businessmen who did not forget shame felt by Japan after WW2 are planning how to strike against US. In order to do that they plan a whole out attack on all fields (and not all military) and manage to find allies to help them.

Trigger: US places trade embargo on goods from Japan
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because of malfunctioning goods imported from Japan. This forces the aforementioned group of businessmen to begin their operation.

World is placed on a brink of new World War and US pays an especially high price.

Interesting story. Recommended.
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LibraryThing member MrsHillReads
As a lover of conspiracy theory stories, I found this a great read. Loved it.
LibraryThing member jpsnow
Classic Clancy. The latest threat comes from the Pacific, where a Japanese business tycoon masterminds a plot to avenge events from WWII. Ryan leads the charge on multiple fronts, as usual. As has unfortunately too often been the case, parts of the story unfolded in our modern times.
LibraryThing member santhony
Oustanding thriller which focuses on a revenge minded Japanese businessman who tries to take down the United States by attacking its financial system. Very good read.
LibraryThing member jandm
This book, and Executive Orders that follows it, are Clancy's best two, I reckon. His detail makes the whole far more believable than most thriller writers.

The choice of unusual combatants, and unusual techniques, has turned out to be a more accurate indicator of important world events than the
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Cold War thinking most Governments have planned for. The financial meltdown is similar to what has happened in 2008-09 (a different starting cause, but close outcomes), and of course the 9/11-like event too. One of my first reactions on 9/11 was "Tom Clancy wrote about this years ago".

A must read for any thriller lovers.
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LibraryThing member Lynngood
Clancy's hero Jack Ryan fights to defend the USA against economic sabotage from the East. Called out of retirement to serve as the new National Security Advisor, Ryan soon realizes that the problems of peace are as complex as those of war.
LibraryThing member karieh
Did anyone who read this book pre-9/11 NOT think about it in the days that followed? And how do you think Clancy felt?
LibraryThing member buffalogr
Classic Clancy. He presents a future world in a frighteningly plausible manner; a restless Japan,an India emerging from the third world to become one of the 21st century's superpowers, and a United States that has comfortably assumed its own superpower. Published 1994, the story depicts plausible
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series of events culminating in a tragedy that predicts a shadow of actual current events. As always, Clancy describes in detail the operations of global finance as well as military operations. The ending is cliff hanger; the reader must go on to the next book in the series.
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LibraryThing member Czrbr
Book Description: NYC: G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1994. Hard Cover. New/New. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. price not clipped. 766 pages, another block-buster for Tom Clancy
LibraryThing member writertomg
Not sure how to rate this. The last 100 pages or so, when the battle with Japan happens, totally rocks. The fall of Wall Street and the 700 pages of build up, to allow Japan to attack the US, totally overkill that dampened my enjoyment of the book.
LibraryThing member gac53
First half was hard to follow with too many sub-plots and too in-depth explanation of characters within each sub-plot. Second half was more streamlined and enjoyable.
LibraryThing member paulmorriss
This is a thriller story on the international stage, but it starts with the smallest of details and shows how it can trigger a war between the USA and Japan. There is plenty of technical detail about sea and air battles for those who like that sort of thing.
LibraryThing member RistoZ
Read some 150 pages and no coherent plot was to be found. No suspense of any kind. Simply boring. Will stop here.
LibraryThing member atdCross
This book has a lot going one everywhere. This is the second time I'm reading a Clancy book and wow! the plot gets thicker and thicker, and more complicated at every turn of the page. The ending is a cliffhanger.
LibraryThing member Carl_Alves
In this novel, Jack Ryan is serving as the National Security Adviser to the President. Meanwhile, tensions are brewing overseas, specifically with Japan. In this case, economics seem to be as important to the story as military might. A Japanese financier, whose parents were killed in World War 2
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vows revenge against the United States, which is a bit of a silly premise. Meanwhile, defective gas tanks in Japanese cars cause accidents, sparking tension between Japan and the US, another silly premise. We have had issues with Japanese cars, and whatever occurs as a result is between the manufacturer and the buying public, not the respective countries. All of this is leading toward war.

This is perhaps the worst Jack Ryan novel I have read. I read Clancy’s books because they are filled with action and thrills, with political intrigue mixed in. This novel stretches the realm of believability. The plot holes in this novel are massive. The political premises are almost laughable. This is a Tom Clancy novel that I would advise to skip. There are better ones out there.

Carl Alves – author of Blood Street
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LibraryThing member reading_fox
Start of the decline of the series. Jack is brought out of retirement at the same time the Japanese decide to expand, using brains again instead of brute force. America is stretched to the limit by budget cut-backs - but a bit of inginuity wins the day. The ending is silly, though a timely warning.
LibraryThing member JosephKing6602
Good thriller military story; his books are way too long

Rating

½ (906 ratings; 3.8)

Pages

1008
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