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Debt of Honor
Continues the story of Jack Ryan and John Clark from previous novels written by Clancy. Debt of Honor depicts a growing conflict between USA and Japan with aid from Indian and China -
Raizo Yamata
The primary antagonist, Yamata buys a controlling amount of an American investment group, and land on the island of Saipan -
Japanese-American relations deteriorates
After a defect caused by negligence in an Japanese manufactured car parts, six Americans are killed. Negotiations fail, and Congress allows Japans highly disliked trade policies to be mimicked by the US, cutting off Japan from trade with America -
Japan attacks the USA
Japan sends its Self-Defense Force to occupy the Marianas, little resistance against the invasion. Japanese ships also fire upon four USN vessels, two submarines and two aircraft carriers, later claiming it to be an accident. At the same time, two CIA operatives are sent into Japan to recruit agents and gather intelligence on the Japanese. -
Japan attacks the USA(cont.)
Before America can react, Japan then hires a skilled programmer to destroy America's digital economy by breaking their records.
In addition, they also attempt to assassinate the chairman of the Federal Reserve, but fail, only succeeding in breaking his back -
Japan attempts Diplomacy
Japan sues for peace, in return they guarantee elections to be held in the Marianas to see if the people wish to become apart of Japan. During negotations, it is revealed that Japan has obtained nuclear missiles, guarded AWACS (Airborne early Warning And Control Systems) -
America fixes Japans economic destruction
Jack Ryan suggestes to Roger Durling, the President, a solution to the economic crisis Japan caused. In response to their records being deleted from noon on the day of the incident, Jack Ryan proposed to reset the trade records to before then, and simply ignore the deletion of all transactions deleted that day -
America cripples Japan's defense
Through covert operations and pinpoint strikes Japan's AWACS systems are destroyed allowing for the insertion of a spec ops team to destroy a dam to flood the entire valley housing Japan's nuclear missiles. -
Prime Minister of Japan rescued
Yamata and his corporate cabal of CEOs had control of the government, and placed the Japanese Prime Minister under House Arrest. John Clark and Domingo Chavez then rescues him from Yamata's underlings, clearing the entire top floor with professional skill. The prime minister is then used to bargain in the peace talks -
The War Ends
Raizo Yamata is aressted, his puppet Prime Minister resigns power to the previous Prime Minister, who was rescued by the U.S., and the U.S.A declares peace and everything returns to the way it was before the war.i -
The VP's Scandal
The Vice President, Ed Kealty, is found to have drugged and raped several women. Roger Durling nominates Jack Ryan to become his new Vice President -
A New President
Afterwards, a joint session of Congress is called to meet.
A Japanese commercial pilot, whose brother had been killed in the small engagements between Japan and the US, crashed his plane into the Capitol Building, killing Congress, the President, and most of every major group in the goverment like the Supreme Court, were all killed. Jack Ryan, as VP, had to step in as president after.
