# The plot of Red Storm Rising doesn't make sense to me

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**Created:** [April 8, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plot-of-red-storm-rising-doesnt-make-sense-to-me/939624 "2021-04-08T20:44:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plot-of-red-storm-rising-doesnt-make-sense-to-me/939624/41 "2021-04-11T00:32:34Z")

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Speaking of “of the era” techno-thrillers wasnt there a book in the early 90s of the United States and France going to war with one another? I love when authors think up absurd scenarios seriously because they just can’t rehash the same potential wars over and over again, like Clancy’s war with Japan 2.0 in Debt of Honor.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plot-of-red-storm-rising-doesnt-make-sense-to-me/939624/42 "2021-04-11T00:42:16Z")

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> [@Asuka](#):
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> Speaking of “of the era” techno-thrillers wasnt there a book in the early 90s of the United States and France going to war with one another?

Yes there was. A French/German superstate was getting in our faces, so Boom! I read it but obviously didn’t remember the author. Larry Bond, maybe.

ETA: Bingo! _Cauldron_ by Larry Bond.

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