The Ghost War

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• The China Card

  Correction Appended While the United States remains focused on the Middle East, China quietly and relentlessly creeps forward as a national security challenge. Its economic rise is being followed by its military rise. In 2006, a Chinese Song-class at ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

• The Best Reviews: Alex Berenson, The Ghost War

  "great espionage thriller" The CIA knows the best way to insure that North Korea's nuclear weapons aspirations is slowed down considerably is to abduct leading scientist Dr. Sung Kwan from the rogue state. The snatch plan is perfect and the team succ ... (read full critics)

  thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  Ghost War sets a good trend

  Berenson's 2nd novel is another OK read, but sets a good trend for his writing style. I enjoyed "The Faithful Spy", although the Hollywood shoot-em-up, Bruce Willis/Die Harder scenes had me gagging.

  In "The Ghost War" Berenson continues from his first novel in addressing current events/issu ... (continue)

  Berenson's 2nd novel is another OK read, but sets a good trend for his writing style. I enjoyed "The Faithful Spy", although the Hollywood shoot-em-up, Bruce Willis/Die Harder scenes had me gagging.

  In "The Ghost War" Berenson continues from his first novel in addressing current events/issues in a plausible way. Here, though, Berenson uses a more deliberate style which I found more appealing. Unlike his first novel, Berenson does not maintain a sharp focus; he introduces a lot of moving parts as the money and political dealings cross borders again and again, then he inserts John Wells into completely implausible scenarios to bring the loose ends together.

  So, not a schlocky "Hollywood" ending, but this book unravels in a different way. Still, I like the trend in style, and will read his third book.

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• English Books
• Others 579 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1410408264
• ISBN-13: 9781410408266
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Pub date: Aug 01, 2008
• Also available as: Hardcover

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