In the Hunt for Red October, the CIA is currently trying to get the Red October (a Russian missile ship). They have Jack Ryan, the protagonist, has come up with a plan to take over the Red October and bring it to America and use it as they see fit. But the thing is that the CIA and the president (in the book) only want the Red October because they don't want the Soviet Union to have it. They want to make sure whatever is on that ship cannot be used against them if a war actually breaks out because their was so much tension between the United States, the Soviet Union, and other countries during this time. Currently, the United States and Russia have been experiencing some tension especially since Donald Trump has become our president. The U.S. trying to isolate Russia which might push Russia to an alliance with China. Recently, Russia and Ukraine have started to really dislike each other. Ukraine is currently in the process of building a wall around it's border with Russia because they hate them THAT much. With everything going on between these countries, people are starting to think the Cold War has started up again. What do you think?
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The Hunt for Red October is about a missile sub named the Red October that USSR has, that the U.S. wants. The book follows some CIA agents and their pursuit to find the Red October, while the crew of the Red October tries their hardest to hide the ship from the United States' grasp. on page 43 it shows how much the Soviet Union wants and needs to hide the ship:
"'And what if they locate us?' Kamarov speculated. 'I doubt that even the Americans can find us when the caterpillar is operating . I am certain that our own submarines cannot. Comrades, I helped design this ship,' Ramius said. 'First we must accomplish the task at hand. An officer who looks to far ahead stumbles over his own boots.' 'they will be looking for us,' Borodin said. 'of course,' Ramius smiled, 'but they will not know where to look until it is too late. Our mission, comrades, is to avoid detection. And so we shall." During the time of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were competing with each other, and one of their most famous competitions was who had more nuclear bombs. Once either country had a bomb, they would set it off to show the other country 'Hey, we one more bomb than you'. In The Hunt for Red October, the U.S. is trying to get the missiles from the Red October to one up USSR. Since the book is in third person perspective, we get to see both sides of the conflict and their opinions on each country. During the Cold War, in the United States, most people hated the communism government the Soviet Union had, while the Soviet Union just plain out hated the U.S. |
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