SSN: A Strategy Guide to Submarine Warfare [Kindle Edition]

Tom Clancy (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Updated with new material on Seawolf and Virginia

"Takes readers deeper than they've ever gone inside a nuclear submarine." (Kirkus Reviews)

A rare glimpse inside a Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) nuclear submarine with Tom Clancy as your guide...

Only the author of The Hunt for Red October could capture the reality of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Only a writer of Mr. Clancy's magnitude could obtain security clearance for information, diagrams, and photographs never before available to the public. Now, every civilian can enter this top secret world and experience the drama and excitement of this stunning technological achievement...the weapons, the procedures, the people themselves.

Submarine includes:

* Exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
* Mock war scenarios and weapons launch procedures
* An inside look at life on board, from captain to crew, from training exercises to operations
* The fascinating history and evolution of submarines
* Tom Clancy's controversial views on submariner tactics and training methods.

About the Author

Tom Clancy is the author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, The sum of All Fears, Without Remorse, Debt of Honor and Executive Orders. He lives in Maryland.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 2000 KB
• Publisher: Berkley (February 1, 2000)
• Sold by: Penguin Publishing
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001QL5MA0
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (209 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,734 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #85 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Genre Fiction > Sea Adventures

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I love Clancy books. This is not a Clancy book., March 1, 2000

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B. Randall "BRWombat" (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SSN (Mass Market Paperback)

At least, it's not a typical Clancy book. Prospective purchasers should know that this is a "novelization" of the Tom Clancy: SSN computer game. As a book, it falls somewhere between his imaginative and intricate fictional works, such as Hunt for Red October and Rainbow Six, and his non-fictional studies of various military units. I love both, but SSN does not measure up to either type of previous work. As a novel, it dispenses with characterization altogether, and the plot, such as it is, is merely a recitation of battle after battle, with very little depth or complexity. (Lack of "depth" in a submarine novel -- now that takes talent!) The book fares better as a study of submarine operations, and yet it still falls short of Clancy's capabilities. Even the author's fictional works do a better job of explaining procedures and terms. By the 200th time you read "Make tubes 1 and 2 ready in all respects, including opening the outer doors," you'll wish this book were being shot out with the torpedos. In short, the book reads like a video game -- one that you're watching someone else play. If you want the involvement, if you want to be caught up in the action, then skip the book and buy the actual game.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not up to Clancy's standards, March 2, 2000

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Edward J. Hayden (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SSN (Mass Market Paperback)

This was one of the worst books I have ever read. I think that about sums it up. No character development whatsoever. Even a tiny glimpse into the personality of the faceless enemy would have been welcomed. While I am sure that American submarines are the finest made and manned, I find it implausible that each and every enemy vessel, faced by Cheyenne, was manned by an incompetent crew and led by an equally incompetent captain. If this was intended as a users guide for the compter game, then I was either mistaken or misled when I purchased this book. Storyline...Cheyenne sails, Cheyenne kills multiple enemy vessels, Cheyenne re-arms, Cheyenne sails, Cheyenne kills multiple enemy vessels, Cheyenne re-arms...you get the idea. It's hard to believe that the same author that brought us "Hunt for Red October" had a hand in "crafting" this mess.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money!, February 12, 2000

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Ed Braswell (Indialantic, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SSN (Mass Market Paperback)

I like Tom Clancy but this is not him. Even in the Amazon listing it doesn't show it but the fine print at the bottom of the cover says "Created by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg".

Either Clancy is cranking books out too fast or he's selling his name.

One chapter might as well be a cut and paste of the previous.

I've read two books now that were "co-authored" by Clancy and neither was worth a damn. I will never buy another one.