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Line 1: {{work}} {{Infobox book ''[[The Sum of All Fears]]'' is a best-selling thriller novel by [[Tom Clancy]], and part of the Jack Ryan series. It was the fourth book of the series to be turned into a film. An interesting historical note is that this book was released just days before the Moscow uprising in 1991, which finally signaled the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Russian politics in the aftermath of the destruction of the Berlin Wall is a main element of the book.▼ \| title = The Sum of All Fears \| image = \| caption = \| author = Tom Clancy \| central theme = \| elevator pitch = Arab terrorists get their hands on a nuclear bomb and try to set it off within the United States, and a burned out Jack Ryan is the [[Only Sane Man]] in a dangerously paranoid U.S. administration. \| genre = \| franchise = Jack Ryan \| preceded by = Clear and Present Danger \| followed by = Debt of Honor \| publication date = August 14, 1991 \| source page exists = \| wiki URL = \| wiki name = }} ▲''[['''The Sum of All Fears]]''''' is a best-selling thriller novel by [[Tom Clancy]], and part of the Jack Ryan series. It was the fourth book of the series to be turned into a film. An interesting historical note is that this book was released just days before the Moscow uprising in 1991, which finally signaled the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Russian politics in the aftermath of the destruction of the Berlin Wall is a main element of the book. The title is based on an anecdote recounted in the foreword: when you get a group of already hostile people together, their fears are amplified, to the point where the slightest misstep can set them on a course for war.