The Cardinal of the Kremlin

the Cardinal of the Kremlin ( Cardinal The off the Kremlin in the American original edition) is a Romance of Tom Clancy, published in 1988. It makes following the novel With the Red continuation of October of the same author.

Complete summary

Russians and Americans deliver a race without mercy to build IDS, defense system anti-missile (laser). In this race all the blows are allowed, in particular espionage. With dimensions American, the CIA makes use of their principal agent to the Ministry for the Defense of the USSR (the Cardinal) to tarnish with the current of the Russian program. But in the passing, they involuntarily put the chip at the ear of the KGB, who uncovers finally the Cardinal and his network of spies.

At this point in time the ambitious director of the KGB, Nikolai Gerasimov, with the idea to make use of his success has fine policies. By revealing with the Politburo the extent of the American network inside the Soviet government, it intends to make fall in disgrace certain from its key members, in particular the Minister for Defense and the others combined of the general secretary Andrei It Narmonov. This last would be found then only and without allies, which would leave the free field has Gerasimov to seize the supreme capacity…

When the CIA realizes of the machinations of Gerasimov, it also realizes that its seizure of power would mean end with the reforms of Narmonov, and has their best hope of peace with the USSR. It is then with Jack Ryan to find in the daring plan to thwart Gerasimov while saving the Cardinal of the claws of the KGB.

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