The Hunt for Red October Clancy's writing style, which included technical details about weaponry, submarines, espionage, and the military. The accurate nature of Clancy's writing was well known among the American military that Clancy remarked in a 1986 interview: “When I met Navy Secretary John Lehman last year, the first thing he asked me about the book was, ‘Who the hell cleared it?’” The novel shares elements with James Clavell’s works, particularly "Shōgun" (1975) and "Noble House" (1981), where political power is used instead of physical confrontation with an enemy. Clancy portrays the Soviets as evil, comparing and contrasting their philosophies, morals, and values from
The Red Eagle in the original series to being addicted to morphine in the new film. "The Red Eagle" had its world premiere in Bangkok on October 4, 2010. "The Red Eagle" was released in Thailand on October 7, 2010. The film had its international premiere at the 15th Busan International Film Festival on October 10. "The Red Eagle"'s Thai box office returns have been described as "underperformed" and "disappointing". "The Red Eagle" received generally negative reception from English language critics on its release. Film Business Asia gave the film a rating of three out of ten and called the film a "repetitive