One example of this is the anti-lock braking systems of today's cars. Originally designed to slow fighter-planes on landing without skidding, these systems make it safer for parents to take their children on vacation. ... Bob Toland was a middle-level analyst at the National Security Agency. ... The goal happens to be the defeat of the United States by engineering a computer related crash of the entire economic system of the U.S. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many people who lost trust and belief in the Communist system defected to the United States and other countries. ... Using a historical fact, Clancy shows how cruel the Communist system is with no respect for the humans but only for political power. ... He somehow managed to bypass sophisticated air defence systems and causing several bureaucrats to be fired by the Soviet Politburo (p. 24, "Destination Red Square"). ... (pp. 44-5, THRO) The normal appearance of Jack and the fact that he was good at predicting winning stocks as a stock broker, made him believable in predicting futu...

• Word Count: 2281
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• Grade Level: High School