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From: rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET (Bob Beville)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: The Novels of Thomas Clancy
Summary: Tom Clancy & accuracy
Keywords: How accurate are they?
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Date: 3 Aug 89 11:37:37 GMT
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From: Bob Beville <rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET>


	In the _Reader's_Digest_- May issue, there was an article
	on Tom Clancy... how he couldnt join the service because of 
	poor eyesight... but that didnt stop his enthusiasm or love
	of things military.  On a dull day around the office he
	started writing _The_Hunt_for_Red_October_...   The article
	says he was visited by some agency officials ( ONI and CIA ???)
	to enquire about his amazing accuracy of weapons, tactics,'
	strategy, etc.  He showed them public-accessible documents
	and proved what a good researcher and combat strategist he
	was.  The article claims some Soviet Embassey officials got
	a number of copies to forward to Moscow.  I bet there is 
	some required reading going on over there,too.
	He was also the technical consultant for the studio
	that made "THFRO" into a movie using USS HOUSTON up at
	Port Angelus, Wa. this summer...

	After visiting the Retail Store of the Govt Printing Office
	in Portland ( and in other major cities), I am no longer surprised
	at the publications available on Soviet military thought, with
	maps of scenarios, a manual of photos and description of every
	land weapon,  every aircraft, every naval vessel class, etc...
	of the Soviet Armed Forces.  Other no-longer-surprise books:
	A profile of terrorists  and terrorist behaviors of every incident
	in the last 'x' ? years.  Some stuff on the Isrealis, Turkey,
	Iran and Iraq...   

	So you could believe the stuff is available; all you need is a
	plotline...  Clancy is credited with the creation of a 
	whole new book genre: the ' techno-thriller '. 

	_Clear_and_Present_Danger_, his next book after _The_Cardinal..._
	is coming out in hardback this month.

	that's -OWARI- from GLOWWORM-7-9-4
	best regards, rbeville@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
	Bob Beville, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR 97077

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