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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416505037
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 1416505032
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with his most explosive political thriller yet. A tour de force of action-packed suspense, Protect and Defend delivers an all-too-realistic and utterly compelling vision of nations navigating the minefield of international intrigue. A true "heavyweight in the political thriller arena" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Vince Flynn has created a flesh-and-blood hero that readers can cheer for and a "finger-blistering page-turner" they won't dare put down.
In Protect and Defend, the action begins in the heart of Iran, where billions of dollars are being spent on the development of a nuclear program. No longer willing to wait for the international community to stop its neighboring enemy, Israel launches one of the most creative and daring espionage operations ever conceived. The attack leaves a radioactive tomb and environmental disaster in the middle of Iran's second largest city. An outraged Iranian government publicly blames both Israel and the United States for the attack and demands retribution. Privately, Iran's bombastic president wants much more. He wants America and Israel to pay for their aggression with blood.
Enter Mitch Rapp, America's top counterterrorism operative. Used to employing deception, Rapp sees an opportunity where others see only Iranian reprisals that could leave thousands of Americans dead. Rapp convinces President Josh Alexander to sign off on a risky operation that will further embarrass the Iranian government and push their country to the brink of revolution. As part of the plan, CIA director Irene Kennedy is dispatched to the region for a clandestine meeting with Azad Ashani, her Iranian counterpart.
But Rapp isn't the only one hatching plans. Iran's President Amatullah has recruited Hezbollah master terrorist Imad Mukhtar to do his dirty work. For decades Mukhtar has acted as a surrogate for Iran, blazing a trail of death and destruction across the Middle East and beyond. When Kennedy's meeting with Ashani goes disastrously wrong, Rapp and Mukhtar are set on a collision course that threatens to engulf the entire region in war. With the clock ticking, Rapp is given twenty-four hours, no questions asked, to do whatever it takes to stop Mukhtar, and avert an unthinkable catastrophe.
Rating:
- Flynn does it again with Mitch Rapp being excellent
Super CIA sleuth Mitch Rapp stars magnificently in this book. Vince Flynn writes fantastic books that move fast and keep your mind active without bogging down. Rapp works for the head of the CIA, Irene Kennedy, as well as being at the President of the United States beck and call constantly. He is a super master at what he does and there are few like him. Other nations throughout the world know and respect him for his ability to fight for them or against them if that becomes necessary.
... Read More
Rating: - First Time Reader of Flynn
I found the book captivating and look forward to reading his latest book Extreme Measures. Can't comment on the Mike Nash issues brought up by one gentleman but hope he is off base on that feeling.
Rating:
- Too much Mike Nash...
I have to agree with one of the other reviewers...way too much Mike Nash. I am a big fan of Vince Flynn and have no idea how he develops his story line but felt there was way too much of Mike Nash period.
Perhaps I am being overly critical, perhaps Mike Nash might be the new hero in future novels but I found it annoying that Flynn would spend the amount of time on a change of style.
Hopefully Flynn will cut back but not ellimate the time the reader has to spend on secondary ... Read More
Rating: - A stereotyped Mitch Rapp
I will respectfully disagree with my fellow readers. I found this book to be full of cliches and stereotypes. Dear readers, in this book Flynn switches narratives from Mitch Rapp to that of Mike Nash, another clandestine member of the terrorist task force. It's as if Fynn believes he needs to create a "new" character to populate his novels. We get a great deal of Mike and his sexual disfunction, his disfunctional marriage, his children and their feeding habits. Meanwhile, Mitch is relegated to [...] ... Read More
Rating: - Insightful and TOTALLY believable... well, almost totally.
I just zipped through this excellent book - I couldn't put it down. Mitch Rapp is the new political/spy hero for the current time. Vince Flynn has set up a very believable story -- the Iranians, Iraqis, Hezbollah ALL behave in ways that seem completely plausible to me. Now, I'm not in the military, CIA, or anything like that, but I am kind of a "news junkie", and from where I sit, I was not only bought in to the plot -- I was wondering how closely the REAL near future might resemble the book!
Read More
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Protect and Defend
by: Vince Flynn
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416505037
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 1416505032
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
Related Items:
- Extreme Measures: A Thriller
- Act of Treason
- Consent to Kill: A Thriller (Mitch Rapp Novels)
- Separation of Power
- Transfer of Power
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with his most explosive political thriller yet. A tour de force of action-packed suspense, Protect and Defend delivers an all-too-realistic and utterly compelling vision of nations navigating the minefield of international intrigue. A true "heavyweight in the political thriller arena" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Vince Flynn has created a flesh-and-blood hero that readers can cheer for and a "finger-blistering page-turner" they won't dare put down.
In Protect and Defend, the action begins in the heart of Iran, where billions of dollars are being spent on the development of a nuclear program. No longer willing to wait for the international community to stop its neighboring enemy, Israel launches one of the most creative and daring espionage operations ever conceived. The attack leaves a radioactive tomb and environmental disaster in the middle of Iran's second largest city. An outraged Iranian government publicly blames both Israel and the United States for the attack and demands retribution. Privately, Iran's bombastic president wants much more. He wants America and Israel to pay for their aggression with blood.
Enter Mitch Rapp, America's top counterterrorism operative. Used to employing deception, Rapp sees an opportunity where others see only Iranian reprisals that could leave thousands of Americans dead. Rapp convinces President Josh Alexander to sign off on a risky operation that will further embarrass the Iranian government and push their country to the brink of revolution. As part of the plan, CIA director Irene Kennedy is dispatched to the region for a clandestine meeting with Azad Ashani, her Iranian counterpart.
But Rapp isn't the only one hatching plans. Iran's President Amatullah has recruited Hezbollah master terrorist Imad Mukhtar to do his dirty work. For decades Mukhtar has acted as a surrogate for Iran, blazing a trail of death and destruction across the Middle East and beyond. When Kennedy's meeting with Ashani goes disastrously wrong, Rapp and Mukhtar are set on a collision course that threatens to engulf the entire region in war. With the clock ticking, Rapp is given twenty-four hours, no questions asked, to do whatever it takes to stop Mukhtar, and avert an unthinkable catastrophe.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Flynn does it again with Mitch Rapp being excellentSuper CIA sleuth Mitch Rapp stars magnificently in this book. Vince Flynn writes fantastic books that move fast and keep your mind active without bogging down. Rapp works for the head of the CIA, Irene Kennedy, as well as being at the President of the United States beck and call constantly. He is a super master at what he does and there are few like him. Other nations throughout the world know and respect him for his ability to fight for them or against them if that becomes necessary.
... Read More
Rating:
- First Time Reader of FlynnI found the book captivating and look forward to reading his latest book Extreme Measures. Can't comment on the Mike Nash issues brought up by one gentleman but hope he is off base on that feeling.
Rating:
- Too much Mike Nash...I have to agree with one of the other reviewers...way too much Mike Nash. I am a big fan of Vince Flynn and have no idea how he develops his story line but felt there was way too much of Mike Nash period.
Perhaps I am being overly critical, perhaps Mike Nash might be the new hero in future novels but I found it annoying that Flynn would spend the amount of time on a change of style.
Hopefully Flynn will cut back but not ellimate the time the reader has to spend on secondary ... Read More
Rating:
- A stereotyped Mitch RappI will respectfully disagree with my fellow readers. I found this book to be full of cliches and stereotypes. Dear readers, in this book Flynn switches narratives from Mitch Rapp to that of Mike Nash, another clandestine member of the terrorist task force. It's as if Fynn believes he needs to create a "new" character to populate his novels. We get a great deal of Mike and his sexual disfunction, his disfunctional marriage, his children and their feeding habits. Meanwhile, Mitch is relegated to [...] ... Read More
Rating:
- Insightful and TOTALLY believable... well, almost totally.I just zipped through this excellent book - I couldn't put it down. Mitch Rapp is the new political/spy hero for the current time. Vince Flynn has set up a very believable story -- the Iranians, Iraqis, Hezbollah ALL behave in ways that seem completely plausible to me. Now, I'm not in the military, CIA, or anything like that, but I am kind of a "news junkie", and from where I sit, I was not only bought in to the plot -- I was wondering how closely the REAL near future might resemble the book!
Read More
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
