Show of Force
Book description
great action book similar to Hunt For Red October according to reviewers.
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Why read it?
1 author picked Show of Force as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book holds a special place on this list because it’s one of the first books that made me realize the wholesale carnage people expected out of modern warfare. Sure, we’ve got to get in the Wayback machine to the early 1980s, but Taylor’s depiction of a “modern” all-out duel between the United States and Soviet carrier fleets seemed strangely prescient.
“Before Clancy, there was Taylor…” is something I’ve said many times when discussing this era of fiction. Unlike many Cold War authors, Taylor makes a point to show both sides have compelling reasons to be in harm’s way. Although…
From James' list on military historical fiction titles picked by a history nerd.
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