Dave Jackson, an Air Force captain and trained pilot, is left wondering what to do when he suffers a serious injury and is told he can no longer fly high-performance aircraft. But then he's visited by a military intelligence officer who tells him his career doesn't have to end. Soon, Jackson finds himself in Kirkuk, Iraq, which is no sleepy Kurdish village but a vibrant city. There, he meets a cast of shadowy figures pushing for Kurdistan independence, and he considers who might be potential partners for the United States. There are many factors to consider, however, especially with the surrounding governments of Iran, Turkey and Syria all having substantial Kurdish populations of their own. If a Kurdish homeland is extracted from Iraq, it could lead to a violent insurgency in other countries and contribute to added violence instead of creating stability. It all amounts to an explosive situation in which one lone American can change the face of world politics. But Jackson may just die in the process as he seeks to create a place on the map for Kurdistan.
An autobiographical story of an American solder of the 20th Century written for his family - youth, West Point, an Infantry commander in Korean and Vietnam, duty in Washington as the Army Deputy Director, International Affairs Directorate, and finally senior staff in the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Planning Staff for the National Security Council. In parallel, the father of four wonderful daughters and a great son, the trials of an Army family, professional writing and graduate work in the military through the Naval War College and a Master's in International Affairs from George Washington University.
Dave Jackson, an agent of U.S. Intelligence, returns to the Far East for confrontations in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China - and encounters a familiar and clever adversary to peace in Asia. While fiction, the story is rooted in current geo-political realities. Only the names are changed to protect the innocent - if there are any.
THOUGHTS ON WAR AND MANKIND "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power." - Charles A. Beard IN THE HISTORY OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN EUROPE, A CATACLYSMIC SERIES OF MAJOR WARS BETWEEN ALL SIGNIFICANT POWERS LASTED FOR SOME THIRTY YEARS OF DEATH AND DEVASTATION. THE MILITARY TOLL WAS ENHANCED BY PLAGUE, STARVATION, AND GOVERNED BY SELFISH INTERESTS. "The most persistent sound which reverberates through history is the beating of war drums." - Arthur Koestler MAN DOES NOT SEEM TO LEARN, AND LEVELS OF DESTRUCTION AND KILLING WERE ONLY ENHANCED AS THE CENTURIES ROLLED BY. THE 20TH CENTURY SAW POPULATIONS DESTROYED, AND THE 21ST MAY REFLECT THE SAME. "History is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy" - President James A. Garfield IT IS NOT HARD TO PROJECT SUCH A SAD HISTORY A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE FUTURE, AND THE SECOND TIRTY YEARS WAR, SET IN THE 22ND CENTURY, ONLY FORECASTS WHAT MAY WELL HAPPEN IF MANKIND REMAINS AS HE - AND SHE - HAVE FOR ALL HISTORY." CLINT GRANGER Colonel, Infantry U.S. Army, Retired
Dave Jackson earned his private pilot’s license at age sixteen, and is enamored with flying - especially an old bi-wing open-cockpit single engine Stearman PT-17, the standard Army Air Corps and Navy primary trainer for World War II. His world, and that of his girlfriend, literally explodes as terrorists strike near their Midwest home. Dave and his young friends are quickly embroiled, and seem to be the only real counter to a nasty terrorist plot. Dave’s flying skills are tested, his friends endangered, and terrorism in the nation’s heart become a reality.
Dave Jackson, no James Bond, but just another intelligence type with the Defense Intelligence Agency, is sent on a simple fact-finding mission to Asia. The mission becomes less routine and far more exciting when there are attempts to kill himfor no apparent reason. His adventures take him to Taiwan, into mainland China, and to the Philippinesand gradually the reason becomes more clearly an effort to control the oil in the South China Sea. An unlikely teaming of Taiwanese, Chinese, and Filipino intelligence agents adds to the mystery and a surprise solution and ending.
St. Mary's College is Jimmy Drover's alma mater, and its head coach is the brother of an old and not-completely-extinguished flame, Fionna Givens. So when trouble comes to St. Mary's basketball staduim in the form of a dead referee and rumors about illegal sports activites abound, Fionna enlists Drover's able assistance. In no time at all, Drover turns up some point-shaving schemes and plenty of corruption on the court and off. But what drover can't figure out is why some of Chicago's most violent wiseguys are so interested in a little Catholic college in the middle of Indiana's cornfields ...
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