Tom Clancy: Believable Plots
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There are many fictional books written to be enjoyed for their
contents. However, the interest of the reader in the contents of a book is
sometimes affected by the realism with which the plot is introduced. Tom
Clancy is an author of many books concerning the military. He is one of
the most outs ....
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.... States and
other countries. Through use of historical facts such as defection in The
Hunt for Red October (THRO), Clancy is able to advance his plot. Defections
for political reasons happened quite often during the Cold War. There were
many defections in history starting back in World War II when famous people
like Albert Einstein defected to the use because the Germans discriminated
again him being Jewish (pg. 124-5, Vol. 9 Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia).
The more recent occurance of defec ....
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