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When his proposal for a ground-breaking Middle Eastern peace plan falls through, Deputy Director of the CIA Jack Ryan must stop anti-Israeli agents from acquiring an atom bomb and using it against Israel. Reprint. NYT.
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I read The Sum of All Fears many years ago, but what struck me most was the sense of helplessness ordinary citizens face when confronted with the catastrophes politics can create.
It is not simply about an individual act of evil, but about how the system itself can enable extreme violence that would be impossible without the terrifying power of states and the terrorist groups that grow around them.
That feeling of being at the mercy of politics, unable to do anything about it, is deeply disturbing. It reinforces the idea that no system, not even a well-established democracy, is…
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