Editing Tom Clancy (section)

== Political views ==
A long-time proponent of [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] views, Clancy dedicated books to American conservative political figures, including [[Ronald Reagan]]. A week after the [[September 11 attacks]], Clancy suggested on ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' that American left-wing politicians were partly responsible for the failure to prevent the attacks due to their "gutting" of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tom Clancy transcript from O'Reilly Factor|url=https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/528810/posts|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=freerepublic.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Suebsaeng|first=Asawin|title=How the US Naval Institute gave Tom Clancy his first big break|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/tom-clancy-dead-66-politics-naval-institute-press/|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US}}</ref>

On September 11, 2001, Clancy was interviewed by [[Judy Woodruff]] on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSjrLYT1hr8  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/kSjrLYT1hr8| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Tom Clancy on Sept 11 2001 & WTC 7 Collapse |date=September 2001 |work=CNN |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=January 5, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During the interview, he noted that orthodox "Islam [[Religious views on suicide#Islam|does not permit suicide]]." Among other observations during this interview, Clancy cited discussions he had with military experts on the lack of planning to deal with a hijacked plane being used in a [[suicide attack]] and criticized the news media's treatment of the [[United States Intelligence Community]]. Clancy appeared again on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]'s ''[[Charlie Rose]]'', to discuss the implications of the day's events with [[Richard Holbrooke]], ''[[New York Times]]'' journalist [[Judith Miller (journalist)|Judith Miller]], and Senator [[John Edwards]], among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/2955 |title=An hour about the 9/11 attacks |publisher=Charlierose.com |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525041059/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/2955 |archive-date=May 25, 2009  }}</ref> Clancy was interviewed on those shows because his book ''[[Debt of Honor]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk/tom-clancy-jack-ryan-books-in-order/|title=Jack Ryan books in order|date=March 10, 2021|website=Deadgoodbooks.co.uk|access-date=February 28, 2022}}</ref> (1994) included a scenario wherein a disgruntled Japanese airline pilot crashes a fueled [[Boeing 747]] into the [[U.S. Capitol]] dome during an address by the President to a joint session of Congress, killing the President and most of Congress. In the book, Clancy also implies that Japan's prosperity is due primarily to unequal trading terms.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Clancy, Tom |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19670.Debt_of_Honor |title=Debt of Honor |series=A Jack Ryan Novel Ser |date=1994 |publisher=Putnam}}</ref> In the book's sequel ''[[Executive Orders]]'' (1996), the president announces a new foreign policy doctrine, under which the United States will hold personally accountable any foreign leader who orders attacks on U.S. citizens, territory, or possessions in the future.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clancy |first=Tom |title=Executive Orders |date=1996 |publisher=Putnam}}</ref>

Numerous scholars have examined the political dimensions of Clancy's books, especially in the context of the Cold War. Historian Walter Hixson has argued that Clancy's novels, especially ''The Hunt for Red October'' and ''Red Storm Rising,'' were "popular representations of [[Reagan Era|Reagan-era]] Cold War values. They reflect both popular perceptions of Soviet behavior and the predominant national security values of the Reagan era."<ref name="Hixson1993" />{{rp|601}}