false 21768070 732847 77736 0671875965 9780671875961 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900399m/77736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900399s/77736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77736.The_Short_Victorious_War 4.06 874 The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent.

But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power; another short, victorious war to unite the people and fill the treasury once more. It's a crad they've played often in the last half-century, always successfully, and all that standds in their way is the Star Kingdom of Manticore and its threadbare allies.

Only this time the Peeps face something different. This time they're up against Captain Honor Harrington and a Royal Manticoran Navy that's prepared to give them a war that's far from short...and anything but victorious.]]> 10517 3.97 20234 860 1994 3 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 05:55:34 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 05:57:45 -0700 2008
(I am not even going to *try* to catch up with the last three months of...more...]]>