What readers think of The Bear and The Dragon, plus links to write your own review.

Clancy does produce some powerful fiction. At the same time, I must say that reading the book has become an intellectual challenge of sorts. Being a Russian, it is incredible how poorly researched are the parts dealing with Russia (having been writing about Russia for years, Mr. Clancy might as well braved a trip down to look -see).

Dealing with geologists and oil exploration, it is weired how inaccurate that part is. It actually cracked me up! Had things been so easy, we would have had 10 cents per gallon gas!

I am sure that people who know China will find that part wrong and comic and as a previous poster had pointed out, the computer technology is all screwed up as well.

I have no doubt about the military stuff, however and even with the identified deficiencies the book makes a fantastic read.

Great Book

Pretty good book if you ask me. Im only a teen but i know more then most adults when it comes to the military. I couldnt put the book down. But there is a lack of actual fighting and it isnt that descriptive usually its either a slaughter or a draw, and the political fluff is way over stretched. The ground war is just a theory really and Clancy makes it look like the Chinese pilots are total idiots and Col. Bronco Winters is an angry pagan god. If you ask me the book is way biased and does not have any really juicy battle sequences. Pretty good though.

I have always been enjoying Clancy's book in either language, the original (English) or translation (Jap).
This book is nearly excellent; as a former NEC employee and an ex cryptography/computer security
technology expert/scientist, I might be the most unhappy reader of this novel because of the differences
between the descriptions on Nomura (NEC) or computer security technology and the reality:-)

Beware young CIA agents who would want to go NEC to go to China; the Japanese companies will
never treat you like Nomura even when you are Japanese.

Except those, I've been enjoying the book; yes, I haven't finished yet, a third of the story is yet to come!

Scary but realistic. Do Nations have control of their own destiny, or do an elite few? The base populations of most nations are people who just want a quiet safe place to bring up their children. China is no different. The day that we can filter out the excesses in political systems, then that day the world will be a better place for all to live.

Great books, can hardly put it down. Clancy is the man

Breathtaking!!!!! Fans of Frederick Forsyth will have another author to hang around.

Once again an excellent novel from Tom Clancy. Finally someone has the guts to show China as the enemy. The will certainly keep you sweating.