Invasion

by Eric L. Harry

Book Overview

A powerful portrait of modern-day politics gone wild. U.S. Republican President Bill Baker is thrown a curveball when China puts its plan of world dominance into action. After invading Asian, European... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0515128422
• ISBN13: 9780515128420
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Jove Books
• Length: 567 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Seeing through the haze

I have read through nearly 50 reviews of this book and have noticed a reoccuring complaint that only substantiates my belief that most Americans are ignorant of the world outside of their television sets. I contest the arguement that this book is implausible.As a United States Marine and a student of International Security in college, I would confidently state that China does have the technology to match ours, is significantly upgrading its military, and is training it to fight the United States. the facts are out there. Particularly in the area of naval power where Chinese shipyards are now designing and constucting amphibious assault ships and aircraft carriers. Unfortunately after 1992 the Russians were willing to sell the Chinese anything in the arsenal to include an aircraft carrier, nuclear submarines and the latest generation main battle tanks and air superiority fighters to match what we have. They (the Chinese) then reverse engineer these weapons, retool their factories and start cranking them out like GI Joe Dolls (made in China). The Chinese have ICBM's (our latest technology stolen right out of our labs) and launch capability for spy satellites (they are close to haveing manned spaceflight). If you think they can't build guided munitions look at the country of origin for that GPS you may have in your closet. Smart bomb technology is 30 years old here in the States, trust me they have it. The Chinese military can't match our latest toys you say? Whatever...I merely have to look at where this brand new Dell laptop I'm typing on, US Government issue which the Navy and Marine Corps is switching to servicewide, was made...yep China. Our latest tech is MADE IN CHINA.I think of all the Marines that died in the Chosin Reservoir fighting the Chinese during the Korean War and it saddens me that we ever let them get this strong. They have the numerical advantage, they are closing the technological gap. Americans are too arrogant to think it can ever happen here. So were the Romans, right? Thank you Eric Harry for pointing this danger out.Side note...There are over a billion Chinese, most of whom are peaceful farmers. It isn't racist to be against the tens of millions of warmongering party faithful. And last time I checked my "Middle Kingdom" history, the upper Chinese socio/economic classes have been racist towards all foreigners for over 2000 years. A society with a superiority complex. Harry hit it right on the mark. (The other day, 12/12/02, the US reprimanded a visiting Chinese General for making a veiled threat to nuke Los Angeles if the US interfered in a Chinese military takeover of Taiwan...disturbing interpretation of peaceful behavior)

DRAGON on to conquer the patriotic EAGLE

To think of a war happening in a U.S. soil is definitely scary as hell. A mighty Dragon fighting against the patriotic Eagle. This truly is one of the best book I've read about the possibility of war happening IN the United States. Just even thinking that this might happen will SCARE THE HELL out of you. Chinese landing troops in the Gulf and fighting their ways on suburbs to Washington, DC is truly unbelievable. They have millions of troops but we have superior technology which they want to acquire. The super carriers, arsenal ships and the Fighting Falcon are just a few of incredibly cool equipment both side have. Plus the book tells the story of women in combat which is really rare this days. Special Forces too.

Is this the future?

Invasion was absolutely chilling, a scary read to be sure. As with Arc Light, Mr. Harry takes a current event and projects to an all-too-possible future, with an expansionist China flexing it's billion man muscle and takes over much of the world and invades America, overwhelming us and all who stand in her path with sheer numbers - can you even imagine how we could defend against a 5 Million man invasion! Extremely unnerving stuff.....The author keeps the book moving well, with action/combat sequences interspersed with political suspense and intrigue reminiscent of Arc Light (the impeachment sub-plot of that book was awesome). I like the way Mr Harry can cover the military issues clearly and not get bogged down in techno-jargon like Tom Clancy, makes for a better read in my opinion.My only real criticism is that I would have liked to hear more about how America itself was dealing with the invasion (how would CNN have covered the Chinese occupying Atlanta, for example?). Also, the air war is curiously absent; you here a lot about the Chinese supercarriers, and I would have expected to see more air strike type activity, but it is only mentioned sporadically in naval engagements.Another excellent offering from Mr. Harry - could anyone imagine a TV miniseries on this - it would be awesome! I hope that Mr Harry is considering a sequel to this novel.

Harry Does It Again

Eric Harry is a master of the global war novel, but this time he doesn't take us to Russia or Korea. This time the battles take place on U.S. soil as the Chinese invade the Gulf Coast and work their way north to Washington, DC. The book focuses on a female infantryman who also happens to be the estranged daughter of the President, but there are plenty of other characters, both American and Chinese, that allow Harry to keep the action moving on mutiple fronts as well. Plenty of military details but also well-drawn characters to keep things on a human level. Harry's fans won't be disappointed and those new to his books will reach out for Arc Light and Protect & Defend as quick as they can

Invasion by Eric L. Harry

One of the best page-turners I've read in YEARS. The basic scenario is one where China has become a gigantic expanisionist power at a time when American Baby Boomers were more concerned with Social Security than increasing military funding to meet the Chinese threat. The result of this was a shrinking of the American military establishment at a time when China increased their standing army to about 60 million men. The Chinese in quick succession invaded Korea, whose shipyards allowed them to build dozens of 500,000 ton megacarriers, then Indochina, Japan, India, and the Middle East...all while the U.S. stood idly by. Finally, the Chinese invaded the Caribbean, destroying much of America's navy and Marine Corps in the process, landed 5 million men in Cuba, and were then poised to invade the defenseless Gulf Coast of the U.S.The book centers around the actions of the new President of the U.S. and his daughter, an Army infantry soldier. It also focuses on several characters on the Chinese side who have a far-fetched family relationship with the President and his daughter.The book continues on a breakneck pace and is great fun. The only objection I have about it is it's inplausibility. Although the date of the invasion is at least 10 years in the future, it really seems impossible that China could have the technology or the wealth to build an army and navy of the magnitude portrayed in the book. It is equally far-fetched that even a liberal Democratic administration could stand idly by and allow the Chinese to take over half of the world.The book ends off at a place which allows for many sequels if the author so decides. I'm looking very much forward to reading them.Albert