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Today, I finished up Joel Rosenburg's The Last Jihad. This was a complete piece of puff; I finished it in two sittings.
Nominally set in the near future, the US is attacked by agents of Saddam Hussein. Weapons of mass destruction are used, and a Wall Street analyst bounds into action to save the world. Really. A stock market guy.
Published in September of 2003, to say this book feels dated doesn't even begin to cover the bases. It's amusing to read the hyperventilating concern applied to a war with Iraq; particularly in light of the actual combat experience. Much like many of the prognosticators before the war, Rosenburg expected hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of casualties.
I picked this book up for a few bucks out of the pulp pile. Having read it, I can see why.
Posted by Casper at June 8, 2004 11:23 PM