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Jeff: You said all the latest ones have wars. First said that there has to be a battle in order to write miltary fiction. I was pointing out to him that the early ones didn't all have wars in them. In effect, one could say I was agreeing w/ you. :-)
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And you're right. The early ones have tension, and sometimes conflict, but you really couldn't call them 'War' books
Although, part of "Cardinal of the Kremlin" is set during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, "Patriot Games" includes quite forceful bits of the strife between Irish factions, and even "Hunt for Red October" has a gunfight and brings war perilously close.
I'm about to but a 'what if' book involving the called-off German Invasion of England during World War II.
Anybody know if there's any good war books out there that involve attacks on Australia?
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East Timor...Papua New Guinea...Coral Sea was basically on the doorstep...
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When are you going to send out the e-mails for those who join?
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