The Gulf (Dan Lenson Novels Book 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00DK41PQQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 162 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Smooth sailing Great book! I always look forward to his adventures on the high seas. And Kindle makes it easy to take with and read.. "Five Stars" according to Jocko Burks. As retired Navy it brings back memories.. Gerald S. Lach said Five Stars. good
The U.S. At the helm with Shaker are the lieutenant commander, Dan Lenson, a more cautious warrior; and Washington's delegate to the combat zone, senatorial defense aide Blair Titus. From Publishers Weekly The sequel to The Med is set in the Persian Gulf late in the Reagan administration in an uneasy climate of "no war, no peace" aboard the Turner Van Zandt , a Knox -class frigate whose captain, Benjamin Shaker, seeks to avenge the sinking of his previous command by an Iranian cruise missile. . Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Taking artistic license with history, the story hovers between techno-thriller and naval procedural: an American helicopter is shot down and an Iranian sub torpedoes a supertanker. responds with a full-scale attack on an Iranian naval base, with the Van Zandt in the thick of the fighting (a subplot involving a nuclear warhead, however, adds unwelcome melodrama). Poyer p
As all hands prepare for the inevitable showdown with a hostile Middle Eastern nation, Benjamin Shaker, the destroyer's hair-trigger captain, plots his own secret form of revenge. Aboard the guided-missile frigate U.S.S. Turner Van Zandt, Lieutenant-Commander Dan Lenson and his dedicated crew take on a daring assignment: escort a convoy of supertankers through the mine-filled Persian Gulf. For Lenson and his men, however, the danger is only just beginning. destroyer, every ship and aircraft in the area goes on red alert. If he isn't stopped, it could mean disaster for the entire Gulf region-- and maybe the world!. When a missile from a hit-and-run enemy sinks a U.S