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The Short Victorious War (Paperback)

by David Weber (Author)
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The archetypically villainous People's Republic of Haven is seeking to divert attention from domestic difficulties by the means indicated in the title. Honor Harrington, commanding a crack ship, plays a steadily increasing and finally decisive role in bringing the Havenite plots to a sticky end. One hopes the third (after On Basilisk Station [1993] and The Honor of the Queen [1993]) is not the last of Weber's tales of Honor Harrington, captain in the navy of the Manticoran Star Kingdom. These yarns rather make one think of Star Wars as it might have been written by C. S. Forester, creator of Horatio Hornblower. They do not pretend to be more than fast-paced entertainment, and Weber's creative ingenuity has guaranteed that they are that very nicely. Roland Green


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Those who rule the Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty and civil war is imminent. To keep power they need a short, victorious war to unite the people and fill their coffers. Only in their way is Manticore, who have always backed down. Only this time they face something different.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Honor can be fun, Sep 7 2003
By David W. Nicholas (Montrose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SHORT VICTORIOUS WAR (Hardcover)
This is the third book in the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. It's a concious pastiche of the old Horatio Hornblower stories by C.S. Forester, right up to the initials of the main characters being the same. Honor is a captain the the Royal Manticore Navy, constantly competing with the decrepit but large and aggressive People's Republic of Haven.

In the first two installments of the series, the Havenites tried limited offensives to win planets from the area between the two space nations, but in this book they decide to try for the throat, more or less. The resulting confrontation, with Honor right in the middle, is very suspenseful and interesting. There are characters from previous books, and the plot is fun.

If there's a problem with the book, it's that because this story involves fleet actions, Honor's role in the story is somewhat more limited. It is interesting, however, and the characters are fun too. The author has clearly put a good deal of time into devising the space combat tactics of the age, and thinking things over. I would recommend this book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Harrington Formulue, May 15 2003
By Clayton A. Blackwell (Fort Polk, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SHORT VICTORIOUS WAR (Hardcover)
Ah, the Honor Harrington Series. I picked up the first book in this series just because I was a big David Weber fan. Anyway, this book follows the same Harrington formulue. The book really starts off slow, so slow you often wonder if you'll ever finish it but around mid way things start to pick up and around the end of the book you have a hard time putting it down.

If I had to fault this book (and all the Harrington books for that matter) it would be in faulting Honor Harrington herself. I hate perfect characters. She can do everything, knows everything, nothing is past her own abilities. Drives me nuts.

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. The book is full of interesting politicos but Honor Harringon's flawless nature really drives me nuts.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Horror Harrington triumphs. Again., Dec 18 2002
By Thorn "thornsilver" (Forest Hills, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SHORT VICTORIOUS WAR (Hardcover)
You know, as an experienced SF/Fantasy reader, I could live with the overhelming techno and political bubble, but this particular book has some other faults as well. This plot has already been played through in the first two books, and, frankly, it is getting boring. The ultra-large cast of characters does not really add anything, except confusion. Take this one out of the library and save the six bucks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars We Love Our Honor!
"What this country needs is a short victorious war to stem the tide of revolution" and "The belief in a short decisive war
is the most dangerous of all human... Read more
Published on Oct 29 2002 by Blair Colquhoun

4.0 out of 5 stars Like the HRE...
Well, the title of this novel is not quite as bad as the Holy Roman Empire (three lies in one). It is only two lies in one. Read more
Published on Oct 14 2002 by David Ervin

4.0 out of 5 stars Amusing and entertaining
This is the 3rd Honor Harrington novel and the long-awaited war with the People's Republic of Haven has begun. Read more
Published on Sep 18 2001 by Michael Davis

5.0 out of 5 stars Honor Harrington series
This series is the best sf that I have read since Doc E.E.Smith's Gray Lensman series was published. Read more
Published on Aug 23 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Honor Harrington III: Haven Strikes Back
In the third of The Honor Harrington series. We get to see inside The People's Republic Of Haven(PRH). Read more
Published on May 28 2001 by norman728

5.0 out of 5 stars Not About Honor?
For those unfamiliar with David Weber series, this is the third book in the Honor Harrington series, which started with On Basilisk Station. Read more
Published on Feb 11 2001 by Daniel C. Sobral

4.0 out of 5 stars like an old hotel mattress, sags a little in the middle
To begin with, the Honor Harrington series (of which this is book 3) is a good read all the way through. Even when it's not at its best, it's still very good. Read more
Published on Feb 3 2001 by J. K. Kelley

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Characters, But........
The Honor HArrington saga is a great concept with great characters, but the novels are just too wordy. Read more
Published on Dec 30 2000 by David K. Taggart

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
This is the first book that I have read in the series, and I intend to read the entire series, I found that although I missed the first two novels, I was able to pick up the plot... Read more
Published on April 29 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars The Course of War can be unpredictable...
I just finished "A Short, Victorious War", the 3rd book in the series (the first two being "On Basilisk Station" and "Honor of the Queen"). Read more
Published on Mar 7 2000 by SRWillard@juno.com

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