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From Publishers Weekly
The third installment and first hardcover printing of Griffin's series of WWII espionage novels (originally published under the pseudonym Alex Baldwin) once again conjures up the year 1942, an era when men were boys and women were, well... large breasted. Between bed hopping and libidinous musings, intrepid secret agents Major Richard Caniday (who's really not a major) and Eric Fulmar, members of the fledging OSS, aim to smuggle out of Germany the scientist whose knowledge of metallurgy holds the key to the Third Reich's development of jet engines. The professor has a lovely daughter, of course, who is being sexually used by the sleazy Nazis; she is also used by double agents in the German high command as a tool to help undermine Hitler's mad schemes. Other plot lines explore Fulmar's mission in Morocco and the Allies' attempt to develop a "flying bomb" of their own. Cameos by such historical figures as William "Wild Bill" Donovan, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., David Niven and Peter Ustinov lend color to a story so cluttered with specific detail concerning uniforms, automobiles, airplanes and women's silk undergarments that readers may wonder how the war was won by people so obsessed by military protocol and mammary glands. Anachronisms in speech further mar the story, but after one gets past the multiple PG-13-rated sex scenes and hackneyed plot, there are suspenseful scenes of subterfuge and derring-do. Unfortunately for those who didn't read the previous volumes and who may miss the next, this book stops rather than concludes, leaving many painstakingly embroidered subplots unresolved.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Originally published as paperbacks under the name Alex Baldwin, Griffin's "Men at War" series is now being released in hardcover. In this installment, World War II has hit North Africa, and Lt. Joe Kennedy Jr. has some ideas about pilotless bombs.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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On the night of November 7, Obersturmfuhrer-SS-SD Wilhelm Peis, a tall, pale, blond man of twenty-eight, who was the senior Sicherheitsdienst (SS Security Service) officer in Marburg an der Lahn, received the following message by Teletype from Berlin: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF REICHSMINISTER ALBERT SPEER AND A PERSONAL STAFF OF FOUR WHO WILL MAKE AN UNPUBLICIZED VISIT TO THE FULMAR ELEKTRISCHES WERK AT MARBURG 8 NOVEMBER. Read the first page
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On the night of November 7, Obersturmfuhrer-SS-SD Wilhelm Peis, a tall, pale, blond man of twenty-eight, who was the senior Sicherheitsdienst (SS Security Service) officer in Marburg an der Lahn, received the following message by Teletype from Berlin: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF REICHSMINISTER ALBERT SPEER AND A PERSONAL STAFF OF FOUR WHO WILL MAKE AN UNPUBLICIZED VISIT TO THE FULMAR ELEKTRISCHES WERK AT MARBURG 8 NOVEMBER. Read the first page
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WW II in the Phillipines,
By "hamrad" (Kingston, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soldier Spies (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is imaginative, and tells an exciting story of the battle for the Phippipines, and the men fighting there. I personally like it very much, more apparently than other people did.
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A Good Book,
By Danny Barthel (Denver,Co USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soldier Spies (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a very good book. It had a lot of excitement in the storyline, the characters were very indepth. The characters were as if you knew them your whole life, and by the end of the book you could almost tell the rest of the story yourself, you knew what they said even before you read it. You feel joy for them when they get permoted you feel that you should walk over and shake their hand and congratulate them. When one has to leave his wife or his girlfriend you feel a need to go and comfort them and say it's ok they will be alright. W.E.B. Griffin really knows what he is doing when he wrote this book. At first the book starts off with about four different stories all going on at the same time. This can become rather confusing but the more and more you read the stories one by one come together and everything makes sence. When the stories start coming together that is when it really gets good. If you enjoy books that make you think than you should really consider this book
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The Soldier Spies,
By Barry Pardo (Gatesville, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soldier Spies (Mass Market Paperback)
Like all W.E.B. Griffin books this book shows the personalities of it characters and makes you like them.
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