<center>By Larry Schweikart
Co-Author of, A Patriot's History of the United States
Author of, America's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror</center>
From the moment an unholy alliance of Asian and Islamic powers forms to make war on the United States, the future of liberty in this thriller is in doubt. Using secretly developed, high speed, super-cavitating torpedoes and mines, the Red Chinese and their allies threaten to do what no power has done in the 20th century-dominate the United States at sea. Jeff Head weaves a story of what World War-perhaps the beginning of which is our war on terror -would be like, and it isn't pretty. It is, however, entirely plausible.</p>
For 20 years, the United States has watched the Chinese communist governments conceal their socialist character and pretend to be free market capitalists, often at our expense. They have acquired high-level technology, especially during the Clinton administration, without any concessions to internal freedom, and have flagrantly constructed a blue-water navy with one sole purpose: to challenge American dominance in the Pacific. Sadly, even in the otherwise erstwhile Bush administration, such advances have not been tempered, let alone reversed, with the likely result being that, barring a remarkable weakening of China from the inside (as occurred with Soviet Russia), a conflict with the Red Chinese is nearly inescapable.</p>
The good news is that, presently, the United States retains a quality edge over our potential enemies, and our submarines are superior by several orders of magnitude. But the Chinese see this as an incentive to improve their own programs. While an alliance such as Jeff describes is unlikely in the short term, the world has witnessed much stranger bedfellows at the drop of a hat. </p>
Jeff's is a story of heroism, sacrifice, pain, and redemption. His analysis and descriptions are so prescient that we must hope it remains a work of fiction and not history before-the-fact.
</p><center>By Matthew Bracken
Author of, Enemies Foreign and Domestic, and, Domestic Enemies, The Reconquista</center>
If you enjoy reading big-and I mean big-techno-thrillers, then Dragon's Fury by Jeff Head is for you. Imagine a history of World War Two, from the invasion of Poland until Hiroshima: that will give you an idea of the sweeping narrative in this "future history" of the next world war. In Jeff's scenario, communist China forges an alliance with a unified Islamic world, and brings a reluctant India aboard. China leads the way, determined to drive the U.S. out of the Mid-East, the Indian Ocean, Asia, and the Western Pacific.</p>
The war begins with a series of surprise attacks on American naval forces. The Chinese have secretly developed and deployed new classes of weapons the US Navy cannot counter, including hyper-speed super-cavitating torpedoes. With their breakthrough weapons and millions of expendable soldiers, victory after victory goes to the Chinese-led axis, until much of the free world is crushed and subjugated.</p>
The defeat of the Unites States seems certain, but America and her remaining allies rise to the challenge. The United States deploys its own breakthrough weapons and, without giving away too much of the plot, Jeff's techno-thriller shows that space will be the ultimate "high ground," to determine the outcome of the next world war.</p>
In such a scenario could today's bitterly divided America unify and rally behind a strong wartime President, and endure the hardships of years of defeat? Could such a war be fought, and not go nuclear in the opening battles? I wondered about these questions, but in Dragon's Fury, Jeff Head weaves a complete story line that plausibly suspends the readers' disbelief, and takes him or her along for a wild ride that is the next world war.</p>
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这本书的文字功底实在是令人叹为观止,它有一种近乎古典的庄重感,但又不失现代叙事的流畅与犀利。我尤其欣赏作者在塑造人物群像时所展现出的深刻洞察力。那些身居高位却背负着沉重道德抉择的领导者,那些在最前线浴血奋战却默默无闻的小人物,他们的内心世界被挖掘得淋漓尽致,没有脸谱化的善恶,只有在极端压力下人性复杂性的真实展现。读到某些关键转折点时,那种无力感和对命运抗争的悲壮感交织在一起,让人久久不能平静。更妙的是,作者似乎懂得如何巧妙地运用伏笔和暗示,使得原本看似松散的线索,在后半部分突然汇集成一幅清晰而震撼的图景。这种叙事技巧的成熟度,使得阅读体验如同品鉴一件打磨精良的艺术品,每一处纹理都值得细细品味和玩味。
评分坦白说,我最初是带着一丝怀疑翻开这本书的,毕竟涉及如此宏大且敏感的主题,很容易写得流于表面或陷入过度煽情的泥潭。然而,这本书展现出的那种近乎冷峻的客观性,彻底打消了我的顾虑。作者似乎坚持用一种近乎科学家的态度去剖析事件发生的必然性与偶然性。它不仅仅是在讲述“发生了什么”,更在深入探讨“为什么会发生”以及“如果当时做了另一个选择,世界会变成怎样”。书中穿插的对当时社会思潮、技术瓶颈以及文化冲突的分析,为整个故事增添了坚实的学术底蕴,使得它不仅仅是一部引人入胜的故事,更是一部具有深刻思想价值的作品。读完之后,我感觉自己的认知边界被极大地拓宽了,对于理解当代国际关系的复杂根源,有了一种全新的、更加立体化的认识。
评分对于那些追求阅读深度的老饕来说,这本书无疑是一份丰盛的盛宴。它对冲突的探讨,远超出了简单的阵营对立,更多地触及了文明冲突、意识形态的坚固壁垒以及人类理性在极限状态下的脆弱性。我反复咀嚼了书中一些关于未来预判和历史教训的段落,它们不仅是对过去的回望,更像是一种强有力的警示。作者的笔触是极其克制的,他没有急于给出简单的结论或道德审判,而是将所有的证据和场景铺陈在读者面前,然后留给读者自己去进行深刻的反思和判断。这种“让读者自己思考”的处理方式,体现了一种极其自信和成熟的写作姿态。这本书的价值在于,它提供了一个绝佳的思考框架,帮助我们解构那些看似不可避免的历史悲剧,并从中汲取力量,以期在未来的挑战中做出更明智的选择。
评分这部作品简直是一场历史的迷雾,作者仿佛拥有一把穿越时空的钥匙,将我们带入了一个充满硝烟与权谋的时代。阅读过程中,我能清晰地感受到那种扑面而来的紧迫感,每一次决策的失误都像是悬在头顶的达摩克利斯之剑。书中对细节的描摹极为考究,无论是宏大的战略布局,还是微观的个体挣扎,都被刻画得入木三分。特别是关于情报战和心理战的描写,简直让人拍案叫绝,它揭示了战争的残酷性不仅仅在于武器的对抗,更在于人心的博弈与意志的较量。整个叙事节奏张弛有度,高潮迭起,让人完全沉浸其中,仿佛置身于历史的洪流之中,亲眼目睹那些决定世界走向的关键时刻。对于任何对复杂地缘政治和军事历史感兴趣的读者来说,这本书绝对不容错过,它提供了一个观察和理解冲突深层动力的独特视角,远超一般的历史叙述,更像是一部精心编织的史诗。
评分这本书的结构安排极其精妙,仿佛一座设计精巧的迷宫,引导着读者层层深入。它的章节之间衔接得天衣无缝,从一个视角切换到另一个视角时,过渡得自然流畅,丝毫没有生硬的跳跃感。我尤其喜欢作者在叙事中巧妙地嵌入的一些“旁观者”的日记或通信片段,这些零散的、充满个人情感的记录,极大地丰富了整体的叙事维度,为那些宏大的历史事件注入了鲜活的人间烟火气。它们提醒着我们,在那些光怪陆离的政治角力背后,是无数普通人的喜怒哀乐和生死抉择。这种多层次的叙事策略,极大地提升了作品的阅读代入感和情感共鸣度,使得即便是对纯粹军事推演不甚了解的读者,也能被故事中蕴含的人性光辉和历史重量所深深吸引。
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