War Under the Mango Tree: a novel (The Gisawi Chronicles, Band 1) - Softcover

Voelz, Glenn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1937333949 ISBN 13: 9781937333942

Verlag: First Steps Publishing, 2019

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"Loaded with plenty of whiskey-tango-foxtrot moments, War Under the Mango Tree is a thoroughly entertaining lampoon of the US military machine via a fictionalized mission in an equally fictional Central African country... Not since Catch 22 has a novel this brilliant come along. Five cheeky stars!" -David Edlund, USA Today bestselling author of "Guarding Savage" ". . . a brilliant satire of the hypocrisy, bureaucracy, banality, and ineptitude of the military. . .scathingly funny and often feels absurd-yet other times, all too real." -David Aretha, editor of multiple award-winning military books A story of American military adventurism gone awry... At a remote military camp in Africa, a small detachment of American soldiers and their local allies wage a high-tech manhunt to neutralize a notorious warlord and defeat his rebel army. But as the quixotic campaign unfolds, glory-seeking generals, rapacious mercenaries, and corrupt government officials are determined to turn war into a business opportunity. As the three-book series unfolds, chaos threatens to topple the government of the longtime American ally. Amid the turmoil, the country's aging autocrat looks to Beijing for support, raising fears in Washington as rivals race to exploit the region's vast mineral reserves. American spies, diplomats, and soldiers race against time and each other to prop up a crooked regime in the name of superpower competition. In the tradition of writers such as Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut and Evelyn Waugh, The Gisawi Chronicles expose the absurdities of modern warfare as it intersects with technology, politics, and big business. The result is a darkly painted satire of war, money and corruption on the far flung reaches of Pax Americana.

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Glenn Voelz served for twenty-five years in the Army as an intelligence officer. During his career he worked on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the White House Situation Room and at NATO headquarters. He has published on a wide range of topics including diplomatic history, government contracting and military innovation. Glenn lives in central Oregon with his family and enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, biking and cross-country skiing. He is a volunteer member of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue team. His first novel is entitled War under the Mango Tree and he is currently working on a sequel.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: First Steps Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1937333949
• ISBN 13: 9781937333942
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 402
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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