Balance of Power: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FC10PW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 203 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Watch out Clancy, there a new sheriff in town This was a fantastic book for the military/techno thriller crowd (of whcih I am one). James Huston's first book is a blockbuster and I have ordered the next two - I admit it I'm hooked. President Manchester is a dead ringer for a certain former president, who has been "former" for far too short a time. In any case there are certainly quite a few parallels - enough to get yo. Not Bad, Not Great. baxter214 A little too long. Not his best.. I couldn't put it down a great military thiller NJ Reviewer Written like this really happened and Huston was there I found myself reading well in the the night despite having to wake early. This book will draw you in.Mr. Huston did a great job with this one. I read 'Flash Point' and liked it equally as much. Though being a pilot myself may bias me slightly, I believe anyone who reads this book will enjoy it. The pace is fast and it
Suddenly there is much more at stake than the life of a single surviving hostage and a superpower's military credibility—as a great nation prepares for war against itself.. In Washington, a peace-loving President's refusal to punish the transgressors has enraged the sitting Congress, led by a wrathful Speaker of the House.An ambitious young congressional assistant, Jim Dillon has discovered a time bomb hidden away in America's Constitution—a provision that could be used to wrest power from the Chief Executive, a long-forgotten law that could incite a devastating constitutional crisis and plunge the country into chaos.Now, as a battle group steams toward a fateful confrontation in the Java Sea—commissioned by Congress and opposed by the President—Dillon finds
This leads to a Constitutional crisis, which lawyer Huston describes crisply, as well as some air and sea military action, on which former jet pilot Huston also brings a lot of personal expertise to bear. John Stanbridge, the Speaker of the House in James W. There's even a love story, involving top aides of the Speaker and the president, ensuring that Balance of Power will soon be playing at a movie theater near you. He wore it parted on the side, but the only time his hair looked neat was in the morning when it was still wet") but he is a hawkish, confrontational Republican who can't stand the idea that President Edward Manchester--a Democrat and a pacifist--is Commander in Chief of America's