Posted on 05/01/2008 7:17:04 PM PDT by sean327
I'm trying to find the title and author of a fictional book I read 13 years ago. The book was written from a Soviet Tank Commander's point of view during a Soviet Invasion of west Germany. If anyone can help me out, I wouldgreatly appreciate it.
This one?
“World War III” was a novel written about 20 years ago — maybe more — by a UK general who was high up in NATO. Very realistic, almost frightening. One of the several scenarios he kept coming back to was that of the adventures of a Motor Rifle platoon leader driving through Fulda at high speed. There were others.
Bingo! Beat me, and with the correct title, too! Was there a sequel by the general?
And this in the days before drive through restaurants.
Sean:
I think the book you are looking for is entitled: RED ARMY by RALPH PETERS. He also wrote THE WAR IN 2020.
How about Tom Clancy’s, Red Storm Rising.
Five to one - we’ll have to see...
Dunno.
But I need help finding a book too.
I am looking for a book that has all the sayings in it like:
See the forrest through the trees
Half of one dozen or the other
Pig and a poke in the eye
ect ect...does one like that exist.
Not an internet site but a real book I can tote around with me.
Two titles for you, off my bookshelf.
The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (many amusingly illustrated) — Robert Byrne
America’s Popular Sayings — Gregory Titelman
Look at your local bookshop or you can buy online at Amazon.com
Hope that helps.
THANK you I have been asking around off line and pondering if such a book existed for almost a year now.
I get a kick out of those sayings and want to learn the correct way they go and the reason they came about.
Red Army by Ralph Peters?
You’re welcome.
And:
The Third World War: The Untold Story: General Sir John Hackett: ISBN 0-553-23637-7
"Six dozen of one or half of the other."
There. Fixed it.
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That’s not it. :’)
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