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Red Storm Rising

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The United States never won the war in Vietnam and this had a significant impact on the country’s international relations. After the Vietnam loss, the world witnessed the resurgence of the Soviet Union, which increased the stakes in global politics. To reclaim its status in world politics, the United States’ head of state, in conjunction with Ronald Reagan came up with a counter strategy to reduce the Soviet influence. The former president opted for war economic strategies when the nation began the arms race. At one time, the United States supplied anti-Soviet forces, to include Afghanistan and Eastern Europe with arms. Red Storm Rising is a dedication to the events that sufficed during the period.

The article captures the deployment of the military by the United States in a war of supremacy between the nation and the Soviets. Clancy distinguishes the roles of the diplomatic factions by painting the Soviets as evil aggressors who wanted to be the world’s superpower against the USA, which was and is a champion of world democracy and freedom. To level the playing field, the soviets had the force of the population, while the U.S.A. depended on superior war artillery and technology. Even though the tact appears simple, this is okay for audience consumption, but not in a real military battlefield tactics (Hixson). …show more content…

This causes crisis as oil supply reduces drastically, economic downfall, which leads the administration to declare war to conquer oil wells in the idle Eastern. KGB attacks Kremlin, which claims the lives of school children, and the blame laid on the West Germany citizen. There is now an excuse to attack West Germany. NATO forces are still in reverie and give the only option for Soviet troops to set base in Iceland. The war is off to a bad start for the Western side

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