02827cam a2200505 i 4500 552413694 TxAuBib 20090405120000.0 000616s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00056499 9780399146404 0399146407 TxAuBib rda Clancy, Tom. The Bear and the Dragon. Jack Ryan / Book 12 / John Clark Book 3. 1st. ed. New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. ©2000. 1028 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Jack Ryan ; 12 John Clark ; 3 In The Bear and the Dragon, the future is very near at hand indeed. Newly elected in his own right, Jack Ryan has found that being President has gotten no easier: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; there's a revolution in Liberia; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to take out the chairman of the SVR--the former KGB--with a rocket-propelled grenade. Things are unstable enough in Russia without high-level assassination, but even more disturbing may be the identities of the potential assassins. Were they political enemies, the Russian Mafia, or disaffected former KGB? Or, Ryan wonders, is something far more dangerous at work here? Ryan is right. For even while he dispatches his most trusted eyes and ears, including black ops specialist John Clark, to find out the truth of the matter, forces in China are moving ahead with a plan of truly audacious proportions. If they succeed, the world as we know it will never look the same. If they fail...the consequences will be unspeakable. Blending the exceptional realism and authenticity that are his hallmarks with intricate plotting, razor-sharp suspense, and a remarkable cast of characters, this is Clancy at his best--and there is none better. Goodreads 20001213. Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character) Fiction. Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character.) fast Ryan, Jack. fast Ryan, Jack (Fictitious character) Fiction. International relations Fiction. World Politics Fiction. Presidents Fiction. International relations Fiction. World politics Fiction. Presidents United States Fiction. International relations. fast World politics. fast Presidents. fast United States. fast Fiction. fast Jack Ryan ; 12. John Clark ; 3. TXGRD