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Clear and Present Danger

When a U.S. president decides that drug smuggling has become a threat to national security, the response is a complex and covert military campaign against the Colombian Cartel.

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  • "When a U.S. president decides that drug smuggling has become a threat to national security, the response is a complex and covert military campaign against the Colombian Cartel."
  • "When a U.S. president decides that drug smuggling has become a threat to national security, the response is a complex and covert military campaign against the Colombian Cartel."@en
  • "Colombian drug lords, the assassination of American officials, and an intricate pattern of covert operations in South America and at home set off international alarms."@en
  • "At what point does criminal activity threaten national security? When can a nation respond to it as to an enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan must consider when he hears the awful news: Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated three high American officials, and that is just the beginning. The message is clear: Leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietly over the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia. At home, too, men armed with the most sophisticated tools their country can devise begin to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is, and how much action is too much? Who is doing what? Which line has been crossed? Ryan and his 'dark side', a shadowy field officer known only as Mr. Clark, must find out. They expect danger from without ? but the danger from within may be the greatest of all."
  • "With success of the war on drugs being minimal, the President of the United States decides to initiate a covert operation in Columbia that he hopes will improve his political standing. When things go terribly awry, several American soldiers become stranded in South America. Jack Ryan refuses to leave them helplessly marooned and sets out on a rescue mission."@en
  • "The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's thriller is based on America's war on drugs and the covert, and shocking, U.S. response."
  • ""The U.S. ambassador to Columbia has been murdered by drug lords. Enemy covert agents filter into the jungles of South America--and Central America is ready to explode. FBI man Jack Ryan is in the eye of a storm and for the U.S. the stakes have never been greater"--Container."@en
  • "The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's thriller is based on America's war on drugs, and the covert -- and shocking -- U.S. response."@en
  • "Central America is about to explode: the U.S. ambassador to Colombia was murdered by drug lords, enemy agents are in the jungles-- and the FBI is on the job."@en
  • "A contemporary novel of crime and suspense. Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by U.S. law enforcement agents have assassinated three high American officials. They make it clear that they will stop at nothing to be left alone."
  • "The assassination of the head of the FBI by Colombian drug lords triggers a mysterious covert response and an investigation of U.S. and Colombian actions by Jack Ryan."@en
  • "The assassination of the head of the FBI by Colombian drug lords triggers a mysterious covert response and an investigation of U.S. and Colombian actions by Jack Ryan."
  • "A group of soldiers take the fight to the enemy afterthree american officials have been killed by Colombian drug lords, and manage to get their message across."@en
  • "Colombian drug lords have assassinated the American Ambassador. Back in the USA, men armed with sophisticated weapons prepare to take the fight to the enemy. But who is the real enemy?"
  • "At what point does criminal activity threaten national security? When can a nation respond to it as to an enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan must consider when he hears the awful news: Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated three high American officials, and that is just the beginning. The message is clear: Leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietly over the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia. At home, too, men armed with the most sophisticated tools their country can devise begin to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is, and how much action is too much? Who is doing what? Which line has been crossed? Ryan and his 'dark side', a shadowy field officer known only as Mr. Clark, must find out. They expect danger from without, but the danger from within may be the greatest of all."
  • "The assassinations of the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the F.B.I. by Colombian drug lords trigger a mysterious covert response and an investigation of U.S. and Colombian actions by Jack Ryan."
  • "CIA deputy intelligence director, Jack Ryan, finds recovering laundered drug money from the Colombian cartel isn't as dangerous as the power games in the nation's capitol."@en
  • "Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated the American Ambassador and the head of the FBI. Undercover teams are sent into Colombia. But who is the enemy? Jack Ryan and John Clark must find the answer."
  • "From the internationally bestselling Jack Ryan series. At what point does criminal activity threaten national security? When can a nation respond to it as to an enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan must consider when he hears the awful news: Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated three high American officials, and that is just the beginning. The message is clear: Leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietly over the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia. At home, too, men armed with the most sophisticated tools their country can devise begin to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is, and how much action is too much? Who is doing what? Which line has been crossed? Ryan and his 'dark side', a shadowy field officer known only as Mr. Clark, must find out. They expect danger from without ? but the danger from within may be the greatest of all."
  • "The assassination of the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the FBI by Colombian drug lords triggers a mysterious covert response and an investigation of U.S. and Colombian actions by Jack Ryan."
  • "The assassination of the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the FBI by Colombian drug lords triggers a mysterious covert response and an investigation of U.S. and Colombian actions by Jack Ryan."@en

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  • "Adventure fiction"
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  • "Spy stories"@en
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  • "A clear and present danger"
  • "Clear & present danger"@en
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  • "Clear and present danger"
  • "Clear and present danger [abridged]"@en

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