Posted on 07/03/2002 9:25:54 PM PDT by Jeff Head
I must crack the one on my shelf and then go get Into the Storm. Thanks.
Later, it seemed he's spend about 500 pages building up to 200 pages of what I liked. Then, even later, his 200 pages turned into almost absolute rah-rah for current policies regarding high tech, mobile warfare and air power.
Hence my own book where we get into some serious trouble after relying too long on that alone. Don't get me wrong, those things are critically important, but we'd best be prepared to take and hold ground for long periods of time if we ever face a committed foe willing to do the same and spend the price to do so ... soaking up our high tech warshots in the process.
I talk to folks today who actually believe the circumstances at Chosin were a U.S. victory because our one Marine division disabled so many attacking Chinese divisions. (I have an uncle who served there and am awed at what they were able to do). But, just the same, my answer to that is simply, "at the end of the day, who held the ground? In fact, who holds it to this day?"
The same principles applied then (more mobile, higher tech, air domincance) and e were pushed back by a foe willing to committ an almost undending supply of fodder to the fray. There may be those today, using assymetrical arfare, who are willing to do the same.
Oh well ... there I go. Those are just my own thoughts and ramblings. Just ignore the last three paragraphs or so and focus on the first one in this response.
That's all right. I'm a rambler myself. I'm not sure whether anything I have to say is worth focusing on but I ramble just the same. It seems, deadly important when it comes out my mouth though!
LOL! I heard that ... or perhaps I should say ... I read that!
FRegards!
Amen to that. At the end of the day, the one standing on and holding the ground won ... irrespective of what he had to do to get there and irrespective of how much gadgetry was employed against him.
Volume II is complete with the initial rite and getting very close on edits. I will be adding maps and illustrations over the next few days, reformatting and then sending on to Lightning Source bu mid-next week. They disribute it.
Hopefully it will hit Amazon before the end of the month.
I really think readers are going to enjoy it.
Been so busy with the new job (and new home) lately that I've sort of been out of the loop. Looks like I'll be backing off the overtime (almost 100 hours/month since I started in Feb.) and hitting a normal routine now that we've hired on a full crew at my plant.
Anyway, you know you're welcome here anytime you're passing through. And this place is pretty much halfway for you and the tinman, so we might have to schedule a litle get together in the future when we all have some time.
Again, my congratulations to you and continued blessings from the One who makes it all possible.
Volume II of this is coming out in a few weeks. I am done writing and just getting all the edits and loose ends together so it can go to the distributor.
You'll really like it.
Stay safe ... stay armed ... stay true to Him!
Volume I is done and been selling for some time. Volume II is about to be released this month.
FYI.
Best to you and yours, as always.
I believe its coming unless we change direction and focus soon. We're helping fund their build-up and when they believe they have the industrial and manufacturing base to a point where it is self sustaining ... they will move to evict us from the region and say "Thank you very much" for all the factories, tech., hard currency, etc.
And they will do it by misdirection, assymetrical warfare and many other principles in keeping ith their "Sun Tsu" approach.
Just my opinion.
May be through there as early as next Wednesday or Thursday on the way to Tejas with Jared in tow.
I'll let you know when.
Am just finishing getting Volume II ready to go to press and will leave once I get that out the door.
End of July you say? Great! Gives me time to finish Harry Turtledove's latest alternative history story. "American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold ", which I just got from my older daughter for father's day. Clancy's latest, "Red Rabbit" is on order from my other daughter, but it won't be out until August 5th. They spoil me terribly. :)
This volume there is an extra set of eyes looking from a professional editor, FR's own bootless who runs Lightspeed Editing in the bay area ... so that will help.
It's funny, I never use to notice them ... but after all the proofing, which admittedly did not catch them all by any stretch, I find that I start to see the similar little errors that even work their way into the likes of a Clancy novel. Never saw them before.
Again, thanks for the patronge and hope the story was enjoyable, compelling and engrossing. I believe you will find volume II to be those things ... and to have a smaller number of those typos.
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