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by: W. E. B. Griffin
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780515092264
ISBN: 0515092266
Label: Jove
Manufacturer: Jove
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: July 01, 1988
Publisher: Jove
Sales Rank: 71085
Studio: Jove
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Old and new faces find themselves swept into a maelstrom of danger when the United States becomes deeply involved in the 1964 Congo Rebellion. Reissue. NYT.
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Rating: - A Fine, Stand-Alone Addition to a Solid Series
"The Brotherhood of War" series is really six books, beginning in 1944 with "The Lieutenants" and ending in 1970 with "The Generals." This book, though nominally #7 in the series, is (like "The Aviators," nominally #8) not so much a part of the series as a stand-alone adjunct to it. Major characters from the first six books (Craig Lowell, Sandy Felter) are supporting characters here, and the focus is on characters that didn't exist (or received limited attention) in the main series.
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Rating:  - Somethings fishy in Denmark...
I've enjoyed W.E.B. Griffin's books over the years but I'm none too sure of this or any of his newer books in the series (after the Colonels). While it's fiction and Griffin is allowed to rewrite history but it's annoying when he rewrites his own fictional history. Case in point, long time readers know how Craig Lowell received his promotion to Lieutenant so that he could play polo just after WWII. Yet in this book we're told that he received it as a battlefield commission in Greece. It's as good a ... Read More
Rating:  - Great War Story
Excellent. All his war storied I have read over and over, sitting and laughing a great deal, and feeling for the problems of dealing with the military, as I know them. Great adventure, too.
Rating: - I'd give it two-and-a-half stars if I could
This series is still nothing more than an Army soap opera, but this particular book is saved from my fiercer wrath because it deals with one of my own personal areas of intrest (the Cold War as it effected sub-Saharan Africa) which is usually unreported and ignored. At least Griffin put the effort in to know the background and some of the players involved in the chaotic atmosphere that was post-colonial Africa, even if the story is as syrupy as the rest of the series.
Rating: - Excellent
This is yet another great book in the Brotherhood of Arms series. The characters are great and I got a real feel for military life.
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