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Summary: Not bad but not good either
Review: A very good format. To me at least, it's a new story. Slater brings in several different settings, e.g. a (North( Korean tank commander, an American general(?), etc. etc.Lemme see....ah yes...Slater does a magnificent job carefully bringing in the techincal specs,( i.e. weapons, planes, etc.), as in explainging what they are, speed, advantage, counter-attack, etc. If you're into the whole "techno-thriller" series, then you should definetley look into this series(?).
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Summary: Close but no cigar
Review: As books go it is probobly not bad. however ian slater is up against some tough competition with clancy and bond. the book was enjoyable but a little dry. the combat often lacks description and is handled more in a factual way. which i found a little tedious. the biggest problem of this book is it's technical problems that a small amount of research would have fixed. that lack of research has to be my biggest complaint. the info he errs on is easily obtained and i think that is what i found so annoying. however the book is still and interesting read. i don't hold the way the war started as being believeable , yet it does hold a certin interest when reading it. i will be reading the next to see how it progresses. if you like the genre then give it a read. but do not expected it to on larry bonds or the earlier tom clancy level.
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Summary: Poor research
Review: The premises for this serie of books was excellent. What if Korea, after many years of calm, decided to invade South Korea, taking everyone by surprise. What if it threw the whole world into the third world war. I was expecting a lot...and maybe it is why I was disapointed. Not unlike Tom Clancy in Red Storm Rising, the pace is slowed by a too big emphasis on submarine warfare. It may be personnal taste but I find submarine action not as captivating as ground or air war. Also, why do all officiers have to have a "Danielle Steele" love story at some point in any war book ?. Anyway, it won't go on my favorite list but it had good moments. I have bought the next two books but have'nt gotten to them yet...That must say something. A Must buy for a Clancy lover. All rights reserved to The Review courtesy to Amazon.com
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Summary: Great Read, Great Tech stuff, Great plot !
Review: This Book is a real page turner, its only down fall is the amount of characters and locations that you have to keep up with. The plot and character's are awesome! I have read the following 3 books in this seires and I am equaly satisfied. Good Job Ian!
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Summary: Not bad but not good either
Review: This book is the first Slater novel I've read, and I found it intriguing. There were a few plotholes and not enough character development (or too many characters for a short book, compared to Clancy), but the story was good. I'd recommend Larry Bond's Cauldron instead though.
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Summary: a great book
Review: this book will keep you turning pages and looking foward to the sequal
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Summary: It has an interesting characters and a good plot
Review: When I first saw the book, I also bought its sequeals, not just planning to read the first one but the other ones as well. There is no way you can just buy this book and be satisfied. You must buy the all the others also. The storyline goes on. I bought this book just to see what WWIII would be like and the story is really believeable from it's time in the early 90's. I liked how it incorperated the Gulf War, eventhough the war had just begun when the book was published. Most people say that the story has some military inaccuracies, but they are not important. Some of these inaccuracies are stuff like names of units, weights and other minor details that aren't really improtant. The book was accuracte in telling about a war in europe and although repeated the korean war, told of war in southeast asia also. The best part of the book is the characters. The book is mainly about how one family survives in a war. The characters are very descriptive and detailed. I liked it and currently reading the other books and thoroughly enjoying them. Ian Slater has done a great job.
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Summary: Space Opera meets WWIII - Ouch!
Review: When I picked up this book (and the next 5) I thought that somebody who had worked for military intelligence would know something about the military and logistical/economic reality. I was wrong. I found the characters interesting and engaging. The story - in this book - was good. The plot inconsistencies started small and ignorable but got worse until they became silly: entire cities get nuked but nobody seems to remember it in the next chapter; there are naval aviators suddenly becoming USAF pilots; torpedoes shooting other torpedoes; Harpoon anti-shipping missiles being used to shoot down ICBMs; and Exocet air-to-surface missiles being used to shoot down bombers. There are soviet pilots talking about their favourite plane, the Su25 in one chapter and then flying their favourite plane, the MiG29, in the next. I won't even go into the fact that the Allies never seem to run out of men, ammo or tanks. Another 40 soviet divisions only slows them down a little bit. If you want to read about WWIII, read 'Red Storm Rising' by Tom Clancy or "Team Yankee" by Harold Cole.
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Summary: outstanding technoically with a solid plot
Review: WWIII is a gripping novel about the beginning of the next great war. The tactical and technical side of the book are absoluetly superb. The human story is pretty solid but can be a little dull at times. The plot is thick and cohesive but at times hard to follow, not due to any weakness on the part of the book but rather due the vast scope of characters, events, and locations. If you really love military equipment, tactics and strategy this is a must read.
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Summary: It can happen
Review: Years ago, I saw this book at a local library sale. I bought it, and quickly lost it. Just recently I went searching for it again, and was surprised to see that it was a series, not a single book. Considering that the plot begins in the late 80's it is conceivable that the war would start in Korea - If this was rewritten for modern times, it would probably start in Iraq. Parts of the plot are just genius. The Korean missle frigates that destroyed the Blaine - genius. There is much much more here but I can't think of it all!
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