Acts of War

Acts of War

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name = Acts of War
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author = Jeff Rovin
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country = United States
language = English
series = Tom Clancy's Op-Center
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genre = Techno-thriller, Spy novel
publisher = HarperCollins
release_date = March 1997
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 492 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-00-225450-6
preceded_by = Games of State
followed_by = Balance of Power

"Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Acts of War" is a technothriller by Jeff Rovin

Plot introduction

The mobile Regional Operations Center (ROC) in Turkey investigates a dam blown up by Kurdish terrorists. The ROC is later taken hostage by the Kurdish terrorists who blew the dam.

Characters in "Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Acts of War"

* Mike Rodgers- General, in charge of ROC
* Paul Hood
* Lowell Coffey II- Attorney, 40, civilian assigned to ROC
* Ibrahim al-Rashid- Syrian Kurd
* Mahmoud al-Rashid- Syrian Kurd
* Dr. Phil Katzen- Biophysicist, 33, cilivan assigned to ROC
* Dr. Mary Rose Mohalley- Computer programmer, 29, civilian assigned to ROC

Major themes

*The desire of the Kurdish people for an independent state. The novel implies that the Kurds from Syria, Turkey, and Iraq work together to force a war between the government of Turkey and Syria, with the eventual goal of being granted an individual territory.
*Injustices suffered by the Kurds at the hands of the governments of the nations they live in.
*Volitility of Middle-East region, both politcially and ideologically

Release details

The novel was released in 1997, prior to the attack on the World Trade Center towers and the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.


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