Jihad: World War in 2036

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Summary: An interesting idea, but could have been a better book
Review: MacDonald Reid's Jihad: World War in 2036, in an excellent narrative. Unfortunately, while the idea is there, the book suffers from lack of a compelling story. Putting aside, the lack of differences as to how the military would actully function in 2036, the book, instead of being a story, simply descibes all of the events. You can never relate to any of the characters, good or bad, and they all seem cartoonish (with every other line ending in an exclaimation mark). The book's saving grace is that the author obviously shows that he knows the subject area, and put considerably thought as to how things might be different 40 years from now (though, I think he should have gone allot farther). I just wish that he took this interesting concept and applied it to the characters.