Query: Novels about terrorism set in Israel
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Sum of All Fears
Evidence from documents: The Sum of All Fears: '''''The Sum of All Fears''''' is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 14, 1991. Serving as the sequel to ''Clear and Present Danger'' (1989), main character Jack Ryan, who is now the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, tries to stop a crisis concerning the Middle East peace process where Palestinian and former East German terrorists conspire to bring the United States and Soviet Union into nuclear war. It debuted at number one on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. A film adaptation, which is a reboot of the Jack Ryan film series and starring Ben Affleck as the younger iteration of the CIA analyst, was released on May 31, 2002.
During the first day of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the Israeli Defense Force (I.D.F.) prepares to conduct a tactical nuclear strike to stave off defeat.