Chains of Command

by Dale Brown

Book Overview

A gripping story about the U.S. Air Force in the '90, facing new political and military realities--and a world still poised for war--from the bestselling author of Flight of the Old Dog. Dale Brown takes a hard look at the future of America's armed forces and . . . tells a great story of war in a modern unstable world.--Larry Bond, author of Cauldron. (Putnam)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399138226
• ISBN13: 9780399138225
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 479 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding work, but will life imitate art?

Great book! It keeps the reader glued as to how the invasion of the Ukraine and Moldova is happening and how the Soviet Union is rising again. Col. Tychina, Lt. Col Mace and Maj. Furness are in-depth characters. I personally had the privledge of actually meeting Dale Brown and getting my copy of this book autographed by him. Great author and another great work!

Brown is simply the best!

This was my first book of Dale Brown. I finished it in a couple of days and then experienced some kind of blackness. I didn't have another of his books. So I simply went to Brussels and visited an English bookshop. They had all of his titles in their racks. In one day, I bought all other books. I now savour them. I read other authors like Tom Clancy, Harold Coyle, Richard Herman, etc. They are good but no one comes close to Dale Brown. I just hope he continues to write in this way for years to come.

Aircraft nuts will love this one!

Another first-rate military aviation thriller from Dale Brown which is next to impossible to put down. The scenario of Boris Yeltsin being ousted from power and being replaced by a hardline communist best on war is a highly feasible one considering how unstable Russia can be in real life. When Russia tries to invade the Ukraine, Moldova and Romania using tactical nuclear weapons and the neutron bomb, the US President(a southern hillbilly draft-dodger who has a passion for M & Ms, Coke and Fritos . . . guess who . . .) and his dominatrix(!!!!) First Lady (who is more evil than the Russian communist leader!) dallies over a miliary response and sends in a reserve F-111 fighter-bomber squadron to deal with the situation. The characters are well crafted, especially Daren Mace and Rebecca Furness and the chemistry both in the air and in bed betwen them! General Freeman is a worthy gung-ho Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and a flyer by the name of Fogelman is full of macho insecurity when it comes to real combat . . . The flying and war scenes are highly realistic and compelling; the first third of the book centres around Mace's secret mission in Desert Storm of nuking Saddam Hussein and his harassment by the military when he is forced to abort. The second part deals with the F-111 crew training and the build-up to the war in Turkey and the Ukraine, and the final half has intense action that's so brilliant you feel you're there. BUY THIS BOOK NOW!

A High Intensity Page Turner!

For those people who love aircraft and a good thrill, this a great book. It has it all, politics, action, and love! Read this book for a good time!

The Action Is Measured In Kilotons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you like action, suspense, and well developped characters, you'll love Chains of Command. It features the RF-111G bomber and a new series of characters (if you're wondering, YES this novel is linked to the "McLanahan Timeline", though you don't get very many character crossovers). Some of the characters, like Lt.Colonel Daren Mace, you just got to love, and there's also an assortmant of characters that I hate even if they're only fictional, such as the White House's First Lady who doesn't know when to shut up. This novel also features stunning technology such as the AGM-131 Short Range Attack Missile (SRAM). This is the third Dale Brown Novel to go nuclear, and it also features a short but spectacular appearance by the top-secret "Aurora" spyplane. Essential reading!