100th post! (but who's counting?)
Feast of Bones by Daniel Bolger.
This novel chronicles the career of a Soviet airborne officer, from his training to combat in Grenada, Afghanistan, and a coup in Moscow.
Red Army by Ralph Peters.
While not gun-related, this World War III novel -- a genre I generally do not like -- is the only one I know of that is
entirely from the Soviet point of view.
A bit off-topic, but his 1998 essay about loser cultures is important if you're interested about the war on terror.
Unintended Consequences by
John Ross
If Tom Clancy wrote about the gun culture instead of the Navy, he might have written something like this. It has all of the strengths and weaknesses of a Tom Clancy novel.
Enemies: Foreign and Domestic by
Matthew Bracken
I must admit I haven't read the whole thing yet, but the
excerpts were good enough that I will get the book so I can finish it.
Two by
James P. Hogan:
The Proteus Operation
In 1973, the Nazis and their allies are on the verge of conquering the United States and Australia. A small team of scientists and special forces is sent back in time to 1939 to try to change the outcome of World War II.
Two Faces of Tomorrow
Deciding that a new artificial intelligence system would be to dangerous to test on Earth (think
Skynet), its creators install it onto an orbital station. They -- with the help of the military -- begin a series of escalated attacks to test the computer's survival instincts. Needless to say, things don't turn out the way the humans expected (otherwise, it would have been a very dull book).
And speaking of novels, I recall seeing on in the store a couple of years ago about some guy who starts assassinating lobbyists of the "National Gun Association" to teach them a lesson about the evils of guns, or some crap like that. Does anyone know the book or author? I thought it was
Gunmen or
Gunman, but can't find by those titles. While searching for it, I did find a script for a movie called
Gun Control that has a similar plot.
