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The President is deadâ??and the weight, literally, of the world falls on Jack Ryan's shoulders, in Tom Clancy's newest and most extraordinary novel. I don't know what to do. Where's the manual, the training course, for this job? Whom do I ask? Where do I go? Debt of Honor ended with Tom Clancy's most shocking conclusion ever; a joint session of Congress destroyed, the President dead, most of the Cabinet and the Congress dead, the Supreme Court and the Joint Chiefs likewise. Dazed and show more confused, the man who only minutes before had been confirmed as the new Vice-President of the United States is told that he is now President. President John Patrick Ryan. And that is where Executive Orders begins. Ryan had agreed to accept the vice-presidency only as a caretaker for a year, and now, suddenly an incalculable weight has fallen on his shoulders. How do you run a government without a government? Where do you even begin? With stunning force, Ryan's responsibilities crush on him. He must calm an anxious and grieving nation, allay the skepticism of the world's leaders, conduct a swift investigation of the tragedy, and arrange a massive state funeralâ??all while attempting to reconstitute a Cabinet and a Congress with the greatest possible speed. But that is not all. Many eyes are on him now, and many of them are unfriendly. In Beijing, Tehran, and other world capitals, including Washington D.C., there are those eager to take advantage where they may, some of whom bear a deep animus toward the United Statesâ??some of whom, from Ryan's past, harbor intense animosity toward the new President himself. Soon they will begin to move on their opportunities; soon they will present Jack Ryan with a crisis so big even he cannot imagine it. Tom Clancy has written remarkable novels before, but nothing comparable to the timeliness and drama of Executive Orders. Filled with the exceptional realism and intricate plotting that are his hallmarks, it attests to the words of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This man can te show lessTags
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Ce livre fait suite à plusieurs autres livres de Tom Clancy dont OCtbore Rouge, dont a été tiré le célèbre film avec Harrison Ford et Sean Connery. Le personnage principal, Jack Ryan, est le même. Agent de renseignement US, il a accepté d'être vice-président par intérim des USA quand soudain un avion de ligne s'écrase sur le capitole (le livre est antérieur au 11 sept 2001), tuant le président, tout le gouvernement et une bonne partie du sénat et de la chambre des représentants : l'Amérique est décapitée et Jack Ryan propulsé président des USA.
Voilà un homme presque ordinaire, honnête, pas un politicien, à la tête de la plus puissante nation du monde : que va-t-il en faire? Cette question est un peu posée au show more lecteur : que ferait un citoyen "normal" face à la complexité d'un appareil politico-militaro-économique pour imposer une gestion "normale" de bon père de famille? A côté de ça, il y a bien sûr un thriller très efficace avec un complot international fomenté par les méchants pour vaincre l'Amérique, bien sournois et machiavélique, que Jack Ryan et son équipe vont avoir bien du mal à affronter. L'intrigue est complexe, et même si elle est un peu linéaire, on ne s'ennuie pas une seconde. J'ai dévoré ce bouquin et je le recommande aux amateurs de politique-fiction show less
Voilà un homme presque ordinaire, honnête, pas un politicien, à la tête de la plus puissante nation du monde : que va-t-il en faire? Cette question est un peu posée au show more lecteur : que ferait un citoyen "normal" face à la complexité d'un appareil politico-militaro-économique pour imposer une gestion "normale" de bon père de famille? A côté de ça, il y a bien sûr un thriller très efficace avec un complot international fomenté par les méchants pour vaincre l'Amérique, bien sournois et machiavélique, que Jack Ryan et son équipe vont avoir bien du mal à affronter. L'intrigue est complexe, et même si elle est un peu linéaire, on ne s'ennuie pas une seconde. J'ai dévoré ce bouquin et je le recommande aux amateurs de politique-fiction show less
Mar 14, 2007French
El libro se llama Órdenes ejecutivas porque el presidente Ryan gobierna mediante órdenes ejecutivas, cuando lo usual es que se trabaje con el Congreso de los Estados Unidos para pasar legislación. Esto se da porque casi todo el congreso, así como la suprema corte y casi todo el gabinete murió en la acción terrorista que llevó a Ryan a la presidencia. En particular, y actuando bajo el consejo de su esposa, la Dra. Cathy Ryan, Ryan restringe el tránsito interestatal mediante una orden ejecutiva.
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Tom Clancy was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 12, 1947. He graduated with a degree in English from Loyola College in 1969, became an insurance agent, and in 1973 became the owner of an insurance agency. It was not until 1980 that he started writing novels. His works include Red Storm Rising, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, The Sum of All Fears, show more Rainbow Six, Dead or Alive, and Threat Vector. His books The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger were adapted into major motion pictures. He also wrote nonfiction books including Into the Storm: A Study in Command, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Airborne, and Reality Check: What's Going on Out There? He died on October 2, 2013 at the age of 66. His last book, Command Authority, co-authored with Mark Greaney, was published posthumously in December 2013 and made the New York Times bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Executive Orders, Part 2
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