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Summary: Great action, but a little TOO technical
Review: "Chains of Command" presents an interesting situation: the tactical use of nukes without the whole world going ape. Brown develops the story well, but his detail in the operations of the Vampire sometimes leave me anticipating the next chapter, and not in the good way. This minor flaw aside, this one's definitely worth it. Being a person who roots for the underdog, the attack on Ukraine leaves me aching for revenge, and the President and her husband (hah!) are truly evil. I'd recommend this book to most people, but true military nuts will enjoy it most.
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Summary: A GREAT READ, BUT IT WAS TOO TECH-NO
Review: A GREAT BOOK, BUT I THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN LESS IN THE TECHNO AREA. IN FACT THIS WAS MY FIRST DALE BROWN BOOK. I WOULD SAY THAT I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER ONE UNLESS IT JUST GRABS ME. THE CHARCTER FURNESS AND MACE WAS THE BOMB IN THE STORY. AND THATS IN A GOOD WAY. IT STILL GETS 3 STARS. WOW ALREADY
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Summary: Aircraft nuts will love this one!
Review: Another first-rate military aviation thriller from Dale Brown which is next to impossible to put down. The scenario of Boris Yeltsin being ousted from power and being replaced by a hardline communist best on war is a highly feasible one considering how unstable Russia can be in real life. When Russia tries to invade the Ukraine, Moldova and Romania using tactical nuclear weapons and the neutron bomb, the US President(a southern hillbilly draft-dodger who has a passion for M&Ms, Coke and Fritos . . . guess who . . .) and his dominatrix(!!!!) First Lady (who is more evil than the Russian communist leader!) dallies over a miliary response and sends in a reserve F-111 fighter-bomber squadron to deal with the situation. The characters are well crafted, especially Daren Mace and Rebecca Furness and the chemistry both in the air and in bed betwen them! General Freeman is a worthy gung-ho Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and a flyer by the name of Fogelman is full of macho insecurity when it comes to real combat . . . The flying and war scenes are highly realistic and compelling; the first third of the book centres around Mace's secret mission in Desert Storm of nuking Saddam Hussein and his harassment by the military when he is forced to abort. The second part deals with the F-111 crew training and the build-up to the war in Turkey and the Ukraine, and the final half has intense action that's so brilliant you feel you're there. BUY THIS BOOK NOW!
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Summary: Petty Politics and Poor Plot
Review: Another great thriller from DB. In this one you have a bit of a change from the normal Patrick McClannahan story and you meet Mace as well as the "Iron Maiden". The world has changed and many of the fighter pilots are now part of the reserves, and a huge percentage of them are women. See what they have to do to become fighter pilots.You will also learn a lot about photon bombs and their destruction of life etc. In this story you will cover a lot of ground from the Ukraine, Turkey to Plattsburgh NY as well as Iraq. It is a fast paced story with the normal plethora of detail on military actions as well as equipment from DB. I really enjoyed this story but I think Fatal Terrain is my favorite so far...
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Summary: Another winner for Dale Brown
Review: Another great thriller from DB. In this one you have a bit of a change from the normal Patrick McClannahan story and you meet Mace as well as the "Iron Maiden". The world has changed and many of the fighter pilots are now part of the reserves, and a huge percentage of them are women. See what they have to do to become fighter pilots. You will also learn a lot about photon bombs and their destruction of life etc. In this story you will cover a lot of ground from the Ukraine, Turkey to Plattsburgh NY as well as Iraq. It is a fast paced story with the normal plethora of detail on military actions as well as equipment from DB. I really enjoyed this story but I think Fatal Terrain is my favorite so far...
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Summary: Another winner for Dale Brown
Review: Another great thriller from DB. In this one you have a bit of a change from the normal Patrick McClannahan story and you meet Mace as well as the "Iron Maiden". The world has changed and many of the fighter pilots are now part of the reserves, and a huge percentage of them are women. See what they have to do to become fighter pilots. You will also learn a lot about photon bombs and their destruction of life etc. In this story you will cover a lot of ground from the Ukraine, Turkey to Plattsburgh NY as well as Iraq. It is a fast paced story with the normal plethora of detail on military actions as well as equipment from DB. I really enjoyed this story but I think Fatal Terrain is my favorite so far...
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Summary: Petty Politics and Poor Plot
Review: Dale Brown has much technical information about the F-111, and he batters his reader with the most insignificant, irrelevant detail. And while his irrelevant details about the aircraft might be at least accurate, most of the other basic machinery of his plots is not. He'd like to champion the liberal treatment on the part of the all-wise US military in general and Dale Brown in particular of the female warrior in contrast with the backward Turks. Fact is, however, that Turkish military forces have long had women in combat positions. His geography is often just plain wrong. But it is Brown's incessant, hysterical, and thoroughly irrelevant bashing of the Clintons that completely destroys any claim CHAINS OF COMMAND might have of being a novel. In his hate-filled brain, military officers, both junior and senior, curse their commander-in-chief and the First Lady with great frequency. Good military personnel in fact do no such thing. Whatever they may think, a good military woman or man understands the way the United States chain of command works. And in this same hate-filled imagination of his, Brown creates wholly unbelievable situations that make the Clintons, and folks from Arkansas generally, look and act like clowns. No matter whether one voted for Bill or Hillary Clinton or ever would, the pure venom spewed by Brown ruins what could have been a passible novel. I can't read Brown anymore. I can't bring myself to wade through the pettiness of his political and technical irrelevancies and incorrectness to get at the one or two solid elements of his story.
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Summary: Great book
Review: Darren Mace, a discredited Air Force officer, has one chance to redeem himself. While flying a mission over Iraq during Desert Storm, he ignored orders to kill its leaders and was exiled. Then comes word that one of the crewmembers of the Old Dog's final mission didn't die but survived. He's being held in a former Soviet research center in Latvia. His knowledge can reunite the Soviet Union....
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Summary: A High Intensity Page Turner!
Review: For those people who love aircraft and a good thrill, this a great book. It has it all, politics, action, and love! Read this book for a good time!
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Summary: Who needs planes when you can fly the American Ego
Review: God save us all from avenging Americans and flawed but strong at heart female characters. And from authors who have their characters read their books in their fanasty worlds..
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