Red Storm Rising | Characters
Clancy's depiction of political leaders of both East and West is not flattering. In spite of a few voices of reason, the Soviet leaders see themselves as locked in a struggle for world domination that must be won at any price. Thus, the Soviets murder a group of their own school children in order to blame Western secret agents for the deed. This arouses the anger of the Soviet people against the West and serves as a justification for an attack on NATO. Later, military officers who do not perform satisfactorily are summarily executed. Once the war in Europe proves unwinnable, the Soviet...
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