FReeper Jeff Head Publishes a Suspense Novel About World War III

http://www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com ^ | 13 October, 2001 | joanie-f

[Jeff Head]

The improbability meter for a Stalin-Hitler alliance would have also pegged out ... that didn't keep it from happening.

There are in fact several considerations that would make such an economic agreement viable ... the right conditions just have to come about.

Here are just a couple of examples of recent news articles in this regard:

Chinese Diplomat Woos India
The New York Times, January 14, 2001

NEW DELHI, Jan. 13 Li Peng, China's Parliament leader, urged India to join with China to form a new economic order to represent the developing world.

In a television interview, Mr. Li, who is on a nine-day visit, the highest-level Chinese tour of India since New Delhi's nuclear tests in 1998, also said that both New Delhi and Beijing opposed a "unipolar world. A multipolar world is safer and conducive for development,".

Mr. Li's visit is expected to pave the way for a visit by the Chinese prime minister, Zhu Rongji, later this year.

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Iran wants more cooperation with India, Russia and China
Reuters, April 12, 2001

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader called for more cooperation between Iran, India, Russia and China on Thursday during a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the official IRNA news agency said.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, ``colonialist countries'' were opposed to such cooperation, making it imperative for Eastern countries to strengthen their ties.

So, though the book is clearly a fiction novel, it is not rooted in so out of the question circumsatnces.

[Jeff Head]

Great bro! Look forward to your comments regarding the same.

Hope it's an enjoyable read for you.

[Jeff Head]

Understood regarding the printed version.

Orders right now for the printed version (being made at - Printed Order Page - are runinng about 8-10 to one versus the EBook.

Remember, this is book one of a five book series.

[HoweverComma]

A Hitler-Stalin alliance was relatively unlikely, but since both nations were essentially subject to the whims of one man, it was a LOT more likely than what you posit.

The problem is that you're dealing on the one hand with a democracy (and the Indian people have no real affection for the Chinese), and on the other, the stereotypical committee of pointy-haired bosses repeating each other's drivel as if it were Gospel Truth.

A China-India alliance would show very different dynamics; you're going to have to account for them in future books (either explain WHY the normal political dynamics of China and India were completely overturned, or make it happen WITHIN those dynamics, and then try to figure out what the ensuing results would be--and keeping these unlikely bedfellows in bed with each other would probably involve some very unnatural contortions that neither would be overly happy about).

And the other issue still stands: China would have to be extremely desperate to engage on an operation of this magnitude, and would probably be facing the prospect of economic collapse just to embark on it. Chinese culture--particularly at the top of the decision-making pyramid--is just about the most consensus-driven, risk-averse culture out there.

[Jeff Head]

As they say ... "truth is stranger than fiction"

Having many relatives that lived through the times, and having talked to them ... talk of a Hitler-Stalin alliance before it was actually announced would have absolutely PEGGED the unlikely meter. It was absolutely unexpected and not something anyone was concerned about at the time. Yet, as we have stated, it happened.

Also, I do not believe we can draw too many conclusions about the Red Chinese. They are experts at distraction and deception ... it's in their blood.

But agan, the novel is fictional and as such you might call these things literary license ... or not. It's up to you.

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards.

[HoweverComma]

It's been my experience that the people most likely to be deceived by any nation's deception efforts are those who are completely unread in that nation's history and culture.

Which worries me. American decision-makers are somewhat well-read in history and culture, but mostly Western (and the level of historical/cultural illiteracy is much higher today than a generation ago).

So, yes, there is room for worry. We have no real idea what's going inside China, and much of China's visible behavior is NOT the behavior of a confident nation, secure in its sense of its own future. It's the behavior of a nation trying to keep the wheels from coming off one day at a time. There's a good book out called The Coming Collapse of China, and it lays out a fairly strong case that China may not be overly interested in WTO membership--because membership would require that they open their books for inspection, and that means that the world will find out just how bad the current situation really is.

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[Jeff Head]

I believe the situation there is vary bad, not just from observed behavior, but from having traveled extensively in the far east and particularly from talking to friends in the ROC who have family and friends in the PRC.

I also believe the leadership there either already has, or will develop plans to forestall, divert, etc. those problems. Chances are, such plans will run afoul of us in a major way. The book is about a lot of that.

Again, thanks for the input and regards.

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[VRWCmember]

bump for later review. Congrats.

[He Rides A White Horse]

ping

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[Jeff Head]

If you haven't seen it, here's a link to a project I just completed regarding where current events may lead and the resulting third World War.

Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com

If you get a chance, I hope you can review the information at the site.

Regards.

[TLBSHOW]

I have been following the thread. Thanks for the flag over. Good luck with the book. It Looks like a good one.

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[Double Tap]

Thanks for the heads up Jeff. I'll check into getting your book when I get home this evening.