Clancy's personal life has been a disaster for a number of years. It's a wonder he can churn out a sentence, much less a book.
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"Clancy's personal life has been a disaster for a number of years. It's a wonder he can churn out a sentence, much less a book."
I think he's been unable to cope with the end of the Cold War as it relates to his profession as a writer. I'll also note he hasn't really written a book on his own in what, eight or nine years now? He's been using ghost writters for one "series" or another....when he isn't using real warriors as "co authors" for his series of books on modern warfare.
I will note on thing that occured to me after reading about his appearance on H & C. I thought the movie "Sum of All Fears" was screwed up by Hollywood's penchant for political correctness, which resulted in what would have been a HUGE blockbuster turing into a B movie that didn't turn a profit.
Now, I'm beginning to think Clancy had an active hand in turning it into a liberal morass of ill defined story line, with poor character portrayals. Had they stayed true to the books theme, it would have been a huge hit in a post 9/11 world. And Affleck wouldn't be so much the butt of latenight jokes concerning his ongoing series of bombs.