Essays on Tom Clancy

A short film “Ghost Recon: Alpha” is the background to the game “Ghost Recon: Future Soldier”, released in 2012 (Alaux et al.). The French company, engaged in the video games production, Ubisoft performed the adaptation of the given film. After a bad start of the game Prince of Persia on the big screen, Ubisoft came to a more serious approach to this issue. Ubisoft decided to perform shootings of the acclaimed video game series “Assassin's Sreed” through its own efforts and at its own expense, thereby fully preserving copyright movies. Such a move is quite expected, as this will ...

The main thesis of Hixson’s article is that researching the relationship between popular culture and national security policy will help historians understand the processes through which society “absorbs and perpetuates predominant themes of national security discourse. Specifically, novels by authors such as Tom Clancy, le Carre, or Fleming, reflect perceptions of Russian and American behavior and perpetuate American myths, symbols, and images. Tom Clancy is cited as reflecting American policy during the Reagan administration, and authors such as Spillane reflect an earlier era (1950s). By the 60s and 70s, the literature had become more ‘morally ambiguous,’ and ...

The Author, Walter Hixson has in this article discussed the effect popular culture has on the postindustrial society. This has however, been subject to discussion over the years as some critics argued that popular culture would have different effects on different people. The effects of popular culture, according to the author, played a great role in the shaping of history especially in the 1980s. Most politicians for example Ronald Reagan took to popular culture for themes relevant to the political scene (Wirls, 1992). This essentially resulted into increased scrutiny of the effects popular culture would have on the masses (Hixson, ...

The Hunt for Red October

“Theirs was not to reason why. Theirs but to do or die.” The great underlying issue in “The Hunt For Red October” is that of a military service person to disobey orders in order to obey his conscience. Without this issue, the events in the book would never have taken place. Although “The Hunt For Red October” is a fictional account it is loosely based upon real events the mutiny on the Storozhevoy and the sinking and salvage of K-129, the concept of blind obedience to military orders has become a growing International concern. In the Post ...

The Hunt for Red October

During the Vietnam War the American public first became aware of the atrocities carried out against civilians by military personnel. Many of the protests against these actions were focused on the soldiers rather than on the commanders issuing the orders. After the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam many Americans grew remorseful and regretted their protest directed against the troops. Studies were conducted, one notable one was by Stanley Milgram, on the immorality of obeying Authority . When United States Military personnel are sworn into service they take the following Oath of Service. I do ...

The Hunt for Red October Annotated Bibliography

Part I

“The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy highlights the fact that submarines played a significant role in cold war politics . It is particularly significant that this book reflects real world events, the mutiny aboard the Storozhevoy and the defection of Captain Jonas Pleskys of the Klaipeda . Tom Clancy’s approach to war is an intellectual power game rather than a horrifying detailed recitation of physical injuries . It shares aspects of underwater strategies like crazy Ivan where a ship tries to discover if another is following it, and move into battle position if it is. It is also about the ...

The Hunt for Red October

Synopsis of the Storyline

Tom Clancy is a talented writer who has taken the time to develop his skills, “Hunt for Red October” proves that. This accounts for his success in writing fifteen New York Times bestselling novels. He manages to bring out the human element in warfare without losing the excitement of the chase or the drama of battle. He is particularly good at creating fully developed characters on both sides of the conflict, leaving his readers concerned and conflicted as the plot unfolds. However, I felt somewhat let down by Capitan Tupelov of the Soviet submarine V. ...