The War in 2020
by Ralph Peters
The War in 2020
Ralph Peters |
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Read in January, 1995
Very similar to a Dale Brown novel but with slightly more deference for reality, where a souped up aircraft flies behind enemy lines and manages to take out half of the opposing force's military. If I remember correctly this one is a stealth helicopter with a railgun. And to back it up there's an appearance of 'White Star', a high altitude many billion dollar jet that delivers EMP pulses.
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There's a great scene at the end where one of the U.S. soldiers stays behind in an...more
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Read in January, 1994
So, I read this back sometime in the mid-1990s, in 1994 I think. I had picked up a tattered mass-market paperback copy at a yard sale or Salvation Army, and I really loved it. As bad thriller books go, this one was well-done. Oh, it was a bit anachronistic - set in 2020 but written in 1991, it made reference to Desert Shield but not Desert Storm, and the Soviet Union plays a major role in 2020. Anyway, I loved this book, but my copy literally fell apart, pages scattering in the wind. I tried to ...more
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