Editing Debt of Honor (section)

==Themes==
''Debt of Honor'' was released during a time of American resentment towards the Japanese, which was further popularized by the publication of [[Michael Crichton]]'s crime thriller novel ''[[Rising Sun (Crichton novel)|Rising Sun]]'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberg |first1=Martin H. |title=The Tom Clancy Companion |pages=31–33 |edition=Revised}}</ref>

The novel also reinforces Clancy's belief that the recent downsizing of the military establishment after the [[Cold War]] "has so depleted our military resources that the country is vulnerable to aggression that can arise anywhere, anytime", according to ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''{{'}}s review of the book.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-399-13954-3|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref>