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Too much detail. It slows down the tempo of the story.

This book was written before the current events in the Ukraine and yet it seemed to anticipate to some extent what is now happening over there. Also the characterization of the president and first lady is such that it makes me wonder if the current occupants of the White House are being depicted. I found the story somewhat enjoyable, however some of the events seemed lacking in believability.

read is too slow. Not enough action

Brown:,s political views are too obvious and Interfere with the characters and plot.
Too much detail of technicalities and instruments.

As indicated in the subject, it was a book to keep you on the edge of your seat most of the time, but I found myself skipping over vast amounts of detail about weapons systems and character biographical information. I'm a fan of the author and will look for additional books from him. I would recommend the book for military and/or political buffs.

Definitely a good read, HOWEVER, the author spends way too much time with the technical aspects of the aircraft and very little time focusing on the personal individual aspects of the characters. Despite the need to wade through the technical descriptions of the aircraft and other technical matter - that this reader had little knowledge of and about - and having to wade through to the crucial parts of the book's theme, I found it interesting and even enlightening vis-a-vis of the abilities of pilots and the myriad of items they must master while "driving" the multi-million dollar aircraft.

Too much detail, slow plot. Not anywhere near Brown's best.

If you're a military - especially Air Force - fan, you'll love this book. If you're a civilian like me, you'll be scanning a lot of pages & paragraphs.

Great story but technical terminology dominates the writing. An overkill

Not the best by Mr. Brown, but not bad. Story line was okay, but had it figured out ahead of time. Would benefit greatly from a good editor and a cleanup of all the "F" bombs. They are not needed and do not add anything of value. I have read hundreds of very good books that did not have any.

Chains of Command is very much a book of its time. Clearly when he wrote this book, Dale Brown had some strong opinions. About the US not killing Saddam Hussein during Desert Storm. About Bill and Hillary Clinton, and how involved she was in the government. About the focus of the US military shifting to reserves. About women in combat. About the shape of post-USSR Russia.

There is no Patrick McLanahan here. No Brad Elliot. Not even any B-52s. Brown created a whole new cast of characters, though Daren Mace is pretty McLanahan-ish. Russia attacks Moldova, then nukes Ukraine for getting involved. Turkey is Ukraine's new ally, and the US is reluctantly drawn into the battle. I think Dale Brown is trying to support women in combat but his way of doing it just comes across as way too sexist. His criticisms of the White House (and dislike of Hillary) just go too far. There's plenty of flying, some really good insight on what it's like to be in the Reserves, and good action scenes, but the rest of the book really detracts from it. Maybe 2.5 stars.

Not his best work.