Review of "Enemies Foreign and Domestic"

Enemies Foreign and Domestic | 5 September, 2003 | Marktwain

[marktwain]

Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken, Steelcutter Publishing, San Diego CA.

www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com

I recieved my copy of Enemies Foreign And Domestic on Tuesday evening this week. By Thursday morning, I had devoured the 568 pages. This book was eagerly awaited, as it belongs to that small but growing genre, the distopic future brought about by civil war over the Constitution of the United States, triggered by ruthless suppression of the 2nd amendment.

Only three books of this genre have recieved prominence. They are: The Turner Diaries, a racist, hate filled account where the "heros" are willing to kill off 75% of the people on earth in order to gain political power; Unintended Consequences, a well written, racy, techno-thriller in the Tom Clancy style that I heartily recommend; and Enemies Foreign and Domestic, or EFAD, as I will refer to it in the rest of this review.

EFAD refers to part of the oath that all U.S. government officials and military personel take upon the assumption of their duties to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. A basic premise of the book is that there still are men and women who actually have honor and integrity, who beleive these words when they speak them, and who actively work to follow their oath. Members of freerepublic will recognize themselves in this work.

EFAD is very well written, well plotted, and has good character development. I felt as if I could name friends and enemies who could have been the characters in the book. This book grabs you. The major premises are easily believable. Matthew Bracken knows his subject, and he uses credible human faults and errors to keep the plot plausible. A major strength is that there are no supermen or superwomen in this book. Matthew teaches us subtly by the things that are not mentioned. An astute reader will realize early on that we are at a crucial cross roads. We can move backward, keep the Assault Weapons ban, enlarge it, outlaw private sales of weapons via the "gun show loophole" and continue the march toward the chilling distopia that the author so clearly sees. Or we can move forward, sunset the Assault Weapon ban in September of 2004, and continue to move forward to a renewed era of Constitutional freedom in America.

Read this book. Pass it on to friends. Distribute it at gun shows. Buy lots of copies. I will.

[Eaker]

That would be a good pic for the "what guns should I have in my home" threads. You know the ones Eaker starts on Fridays ...........:o)

;<)

Now goone git outahere!!

[patton]

You need a .22LR, for varmint/eats.

[Travis McGee]

I think Eaker should start that thread 8PM central time this Friday:

"PICTURES OF THE GUNS IN MY HOUSE."

[Mulder]

Just 3 magazines for the AR ? I take it the reader is only half way thru the text...............:o)

I had more at one time, but my boat turned over on a fishing trip once ;)

[Eaker]

I had more at one time, but my boat turned over on a fishing trip once

Now that's some good shooting boys!!!

[Travis McGee]

Here's the main thread.

[Squantos]

BRAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH !!!! .....Drop the Weed and read !!

Good review Patton........Stay Safe !

[patton]

Let me show you Jim Trafficant's boat - it is about three or four slips downriver from mine.

Different worlds, indeed.

[Squantos]

Does it's top come off too ? Wheres the pic ??

Stay Safe !

[therut]

Well as a female reader who has got to about page 180 I love the daughter of the gun dealer. This book scares me worse than a Steven King book because their is some reality in it and the possibility is there also. Plus alot of the lingo I have spoke myself. I guess I am a right wing gun nut. I've never understood just when in our history gun rights became a right wing thing. I know it was not always that way but when did it happen???

[Squantos]

Kewl Pic alert !.........Stay Safe !

[patton]

I will get down there and get some pics this weekend for you, squint. If you will post them.

[Squantos]

We'll get em on the page then.........should be funny !

Stay Safe Patton !

[Squantos]

We'll get em on the page then.........should be funny !

Stay Safe Patton !

[Squantos]

Twice............

[patton]

You won't believe how funny they are.

Moss, vines, and trees growing on it.

Beam me up, scotty.

[Travis McGee]

Great question. I guess that gun rights became a terrible thing when the liberal 'rats decided they would never be able to force their socialist utopia down our throats as long as we were armed.

If you like Ranya by page 180, that's great! The best is yet to come.

[Travis McGee]

Out of respect for the Congressman who finds himself staying at the Crossbar Manor, I'm sure you've been diving his hull to keep it clean, and polishing his metalwork and varanishing his teak, all pro bono of course.

[Mulder]

If you like Ranya by page 180, that's great! The best is yet to come.

Ranya's great. Phil Carson is a really great character also.... I'm already on page 400, and hope to finish tomorrow night.

[Eastbound]

An EFAD Bump! Just got mine today. Thanks, Matt.