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Summary: Excellent Military Thriller
Review: After Iranian commandos sink a US warship in the Persian Gulf, the US retaliates by destroying the facilities on Kharg Island, vital to Iran's oil industry. Rather than risk a head on confrontation with the vastly more powerful US military, the Iranians seek their revenge on US soil. A daring planned is conceived, using commandos and suicide bombers, to first strike the marine base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, and then launch an attack on the White House to kill the president. The rest of the story unfolds with the perfect combination of action, exposition, and characters. In a genre where it's easy to resort to the use of cliched stock characters, this book offers characters with depth, particularly the Iranians. Instead of portraying them as nothing more than religious fanatics, the author does an excellent job of explaining their tactics from their perspective. Add to this the chillingly plausible, relatively low tech methods of attack and you've got a real page-turner.
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Summary: like watching a movie!
Review: AWESOME! I actually bought this for $1 in a hardware store, thinking it was gonna be junk! Non-stop action and a REAL believable story. The shootout at the end in the White House was insane!This is a book that HAS TO be made into a movie.
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Summary: like watching a movie!
Review: AWESOME! I actually bought this for $1 in a hardware store, thinking it was gonna be junk! Non-stop action and a REAL believable story. The shootout at the end in the White House was insane! This is a book that HAS TO be made into a movie.
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Summary: Top Notch
Review: The original copyright for this book is 1992. But just about everything described in this book has happened for real since it was written. First the Iranians attack the USS Makin Island with a devastating bombing that almost sinks the ship (can you say USS Cole). The United States retaliates with an attack on Iran's main oil depot at Kharg Island (cruise missiles and high technology weapons). The Iranians respond with a command attack on a major oil pumping station in the United Arab Emirates, and then go one step further. They decide it is time to take the war to the United states and target the President. A small dedicated terrorist group penetrates America and slips behind the barrier of missiles, ships and planes defending the country (it is a 9-11 style attack except with commandos). Through it all defense analyse Rich Welsh suspects the truth and tries to get somebody to listen. (I suspect he has a few real life aanalogues who saw the coming storm, but whose warnings went unheeded.) The Welsh character conveys the author's feelings about structural problems that plague the Marines and the Pentagon mentality. This is a well written and well paced book. Get a copy today, this guy deserves a better sales ranking!
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Summary: An Exciting Read!
Review: This turned out to be a very exciting book.The book begins with
a bang when Iranian Commandos sink an American shipin the Persian Gulf.There is much loss of American life as a result of the sinking.The Americans retaliate by bombing the Iranian oil
production facilities on Karg Island.Iran decides to gain vengance by sending a well trained team of commandos into America to attack the Marine base at Camp LeJuene and to commit the ultimate act of terror by assassinating the President of the United States.The only person who percieves a threat from Iran is
a Department of Defense aid named Welsh.The book is fast paced and very action packed.You will find it hard to put this book down Read it and you will enjoy it.
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