A Small Colonial War: Amazon.ca: Robert A. Frezza: Books

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In the 22nd century, when the Japanese ruled an interstellar empire from Earth, an Imperial Task Group was dispatched to put down with minimum bloodshed the three-way colonial revolt on a factory world called Suid Afrika. But through an admiral's stupidity, the "small" war soon mushroomed into a confrontation between a single battalion and an entire world! Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Speaking as a veteran..., Feb 1 2004

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This review is from: Small Colonial War (Mass Market Paperback)

Superb military SF, but also a book I recommend to people that want to try and understand something about the military life and war in general. Frezza did something with this book that is rare, it made me truly care for the characters and feel sad about the ones who died - on all of the sides. Superb.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A SMALL CLOLONIAL WAR, Feb 8 2002

By	Patrick Sexton (CAROL STREAM,IL.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Small Colonial War (Mass Market Paperback)

THIS AND THE OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES ARE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION.
I RE-READ THIS BOOK AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR AND HAVE RECOMENDED IT
TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS WHO ENJOY THE GENERA.
I REALLY WISH A FOURTH BOOK WOULD BE WRITTEN BUT THE SERIES DID END AT A LOGICAL POINT.
FREZZA IS TO GROUND COMBAT WHAT WEBER IS TO STAR NAVIES.
ENJOY!

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is excellent! Robert Frezza is masterful!, Sep 27 1999

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This review is from: Small Colonial War (Mass Market Paperback)

A Small Colonial War captures the soul of military life in the midst of a bitter and difficult campaign.

Anton Vereschagin and the members of his battalion are complex characters and Robert Frezza has done an excellent job of evolving the story on the basis of the viewpoints of the main characters.

After finishing the book, I had to read it again several times to fully flush out the nuances in the opening scenes which set the context for the storyline to emerge.

This book really brought home the humor and the pain of men in the battlefield for whom going home is not really an option.

I'm not a military man myself but I could identify with several of the characters and the situations they were in.

I highly recommend this book to all fans of military SF as well as fans of military fiction in general.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - the type of book to reread once per year
I just finished this title for the fifth or sixth time in as many years. I stumbled upon Frezza a number of years ago and was totally floored that I could have missed such talent... Read more

Published on Jul 10 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior military SF, A must read
Superior military SF with characters and situations much more real that Pornell or Drake. All of the books in the series are must reads for fans of military SF.

Published on Jun 1 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard SF at it's best
One of the best Hard SF books ever written. As Drake or Dietz is to tactical warfare, Frezza is the master of strategy. The only other author at this level of complexity was I. Read more