Posted on 12/14/2008 7:00:27 AM PST by Jeff Head
I have read all of Flynn's works. I have liked every one of them and not been disappointed.
This book was no different, though it was less a front to back barnstormer about his principle character and action hero, Mitch Rapp, than others have been.
But that's okay, I believe Flynn did that on purpose to make some other points, and the book is nonetheless a great read, delivering a timely and critical message I believe is important for all Americans to understand.
It was, for me, still a captivating thriller with enough action, and delivering a very important message for our society which I believe was the thrust of Flynn's effort here...as well as showing some of the personal cost warriors such as Rapp and Nash pay in the clandestine services while defending our nation against its enemies.
All in all, I believe the novel is a very exciting one, mingling all of these goals together into one, and I give it five stars.
Importantly, I also believe it is an excellent expose about what manner of enemy we are fighting in the Islamic Jihadists, and what measures it takes to stop them...and an equally well done expose on how the political correctness of the day, and wrangling of our current politicians can not only impeded the effort, but invite the carnage to our shores.
I would recommend "Extreme Measures" for anyone wanting to see into the mind of the enemey, and for anyone wanting to see what manner of heroes we have fighting to stop that enemy against all odds, the largest of which that are stacked against them residing right here within our own borders and within the halls of our own political institutions.
OH MY GOODNESS.....Term Limits is one of the best fictional -(but could have been pulled from the front pages of TODAY's! news, 11 years later!) books of this genre I have ever read!
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