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"I do not imagine that a one-man crusade disguised as a thriller can change much," says Ralph Peters, career soldier turned bestselling author, in an afterward to Traitor. Maybe not, but everybody on the Beltway who deals with (or votes on) defense budget issues should read this beautifully crafted story about a man of principle trying against all odds to do the right thing. Lieutenant Colonel John Reynolds is "one of a legion of staff officers sweating blood to keep an underfunded Army alive." The army is faced with even more savage budget cuts if a project called NGFB (Next Generation Fighter Bomber) gets the approval that its corporate sponsor, Macon-Bolt Industries, seeks. Two of Reynolds's old Army buddies--a general and a former officer turned lobbyist for Macon-Bolt--die suddenly and suspiciously. But it's not until his own live-in ladyfriend, singer Tish O'Malley, is killed by a car bomb that Reynolds begins to realize his own life has somehow become linked with the fate of NGFB. There are some superb scenes of action and many worthy opponents, especially a totally believable military madman called Roscoe "Punchy" Hunt who destroys works of art for dramatic effect. But the real villain in Traitor is a giant military-industrial-political complex determined to suck up as much public money as it can. People like Reynolds and Peters can only nip at its heels. The author has also expressed his strong opinions in the acclaimed nonfiction book Fighting for the Future: Will America Triumph? --Dick AdlerRead More

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  • Product Description

    A savage terror bombing levels an aircraft research facility in France, as powerful men in Washington lean hard on Congress to approve funding for a controversial new fighter bomber program with a $300 billion price tag. The death toll in Europe is staggering. And retribution begins immediately-- even before the guilty are clearly identified.

    Lt. Col. John Reynolds is an honorable man and a loyal soldier. But murder haunts the halls of power. And the deadly aftermath of a social meeting with an old Army buddy turned defense contractor has placed everything Reynolds trusts and believes in against him. His world is threatened: his faith in the military he serves, his relationship with a beautiful young woman with a haunted past. Suddenly John Reynolds is at the top of every player's list of targets--and he doesn't even know why.A savage terror bombing levels an aircraft research facility in France, as powerful men in Washington lean hard on Congress to approve funding for a controversial new fighter bomber program with a $300 billion price tag. The death toll in Europe is staggering. And retribution begins immediately-- even before the guilty are clearly identified.

    Lt. Col. John Reynolds is an honorable man and a loyal soldier. But murder haunts the halls of power. And the deadly aftermath of a social meeting with an old Army buddy turned defense contractor has placed everything Reynolds trusts and believes in against him. His world is threatened: his faith in the military he serves, his relationship with a beautiful young woman with a haunted past. Suddenly John Reynolds is at the top of every player's list of targets--and he doesn't even know why.

  • 0380797380
  • 9780380797387
  • Ralph Peters
  • 1 January 2000
  • Avon Books
  • Mass Market Paperback (Book)
  • 373
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