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Homers poetry depicts the trojan wars, while thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is still one of the most gripping dramas ever written. The war in 2020 is a 1991 waradventure novel written by ralph peters. The 30 greatest war novels of all time billy lynns long halftime walk ben fountain. Singer, enders game by orson scott card, the forever war by joe haldeman. The novel is heavily written around the viewpoint of the.
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The american empire is no different our men came home and wrote about the civil war, about the spanishamerican war, about wwi, about wwii. The future of war makes a brilliant case that the twentyfirst century, even more than the twentieth, will be the american century, and that americas global dominance will be associated with a revolution in weaponry and warfare as basic as the one that arose with the development of gunpowder five hundred years ago. Apr 03, 2017 the reflection between sarats private ordeal and the countrys vast, ongoing calamity is sustained by a series of intercalary chapters. American war follows todays vitriol to a dystopian future. Making a brilliant case that the 21st century, even more than the 20th, will be the american century, and that americas global dominance will be associated with a revolution in weaponry and warfare as basic as the one that arose with the development of gunpowder 500 years ago, the future of war speaks of a new geopolitical system that will shape the next century. It is set in a near future united states of america, ravaged by climate change and disease, in which a second civil war has broken out over the use of fossil fuels. See the complete chronicle of americas wars series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Apr 30, 2015 the future lied to us, there in the past, the vietnamese novelist bao ninh wrote, reflecting on a war that he had fought not merely to throw out the americans but also to create a fair.