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It's Time to Remember the Alamo All Over Again-Here Comes the Second Texan Revolution!

In the long war against terrorism, the US Government had taken on extraordinary powers. And now that the war was won, powerful forces in the government had no intention of relinquishing those powers. As in 1860, the country was on the verge of civil war. And as in 1860, a leader arose to save the country-but it was not the President this time. Instead, the Governor of Texas was the woman of destiny. . . .

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1 August 2005
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10.64 x 3.05 x 17.15 cm
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"Probably the most realistic depiction of a second American Revolution ever written."

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In 1974, at age seventeen, Tom Kratman became a political refugee and defector from the PRM (People's Republic of Massachusetts) by virtue of joining the Regular Army. He stayed a Regular Army infantryman most of his adult life, returning to Massachusetts as an unofficial dissident while attending Boston College after his first hitch. Back in the Army, he managed to do just about everything there was to do at one time or another. After the Gulf War, with the bottom dropping completely out of the anti-communist market, Tom decided to become a lawyer. Every now and again, when the frustrations of legal life and having to deal with other lawyers got to be too much, Tom would rejoin the Army (or a somewhat similar group, say) for fun and frolic in other climes. His family, muttering darkly, put up with this for years. He no longer practices law, instead writing full-time for Baen. His novels for Baen include A State of Disobedience, Caliphate, and the series consisting of A Desert Called Peace, Carnifex, The Lotus Eaters, The Amazon Legion, Come and Take Them, The Rods and the Axe, and A Pillar of Fire by Night. With John Ringo, he has written the novels Watch on the Rhine, Yellow Eyes, and The Tuloriad. Also for Baen, he has written the first three volumes of the modern-day military fiction series Countdown.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen; Reprint edition (1 August 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743499204
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743499200
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.64 x 3.05 x 17.15 cm

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Mark Law

I loved this book but it will probably offend some readers!

Reviewed in Australia on 19 June 2017

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As a conservative reader (not from the USA) I am sure that this book will offend some people .... but I distanced myself as a reviewer from the Politics and enjoyed the book as if it was written for entertainment/escapism only - Hey what can I say? when i look at the latest Hollywood Blockbuster I judge the movie by the amount of explosions it has!

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Christopher G Nuttall

Good idea but many mistakes in exicution

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2004

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It might just be me being old fashioned, but the purpose of a book's first seven chapters is to interest the reader, not to turn them off. Had someone not sent me a copy of the book electronically; I would never have read it.
If you can read though the first few chapters - better yet, just read the 'interludes' - you'll find a reasonably interesting novel with many plot twists. The book hypothesizes an overreaching federal government caught in the grips of an evil, liberal and female president determined to (forcibly, if necessary) implement a repressive version of the Democratic Party's agenda. Anti-abortion activities in Texas lead to the murder by federal law enforcement of a catholic priest and scores of orphaned children living in his mission.
The (Democratic) Governor of Texas resolves to peacefully resist the abuse of federal power, despite the fact that the dead catholic priest was her brother. Unconstrained by the governor's scruples, the president responds with massive force. The mismatch in military force available to the combatants yields an absolutely fascinating analysis of civil disobedience and resistance techniques drawn from sources as diverse as the civil rights movement, the Vietcong and the early 19th century Texas fight for independence from Mexico.
That said, I don't think that the author covered enough ground. We are told about attempts to introduce impeachment legislation as a throwaway line, and then we never hear any more about it. Further, everyone on the Texan side claims that there is a serious mismatch in military force, but the bad side believes that a quick invasion of Texas is military impossible quickly - the Texans, it seems, are better equipped than the immediately available regular army units. The rest, it seems, are in Germany (why?) and the Middle East. Further, civil disobedience in the surrounding states makes it hard for the bad guys to send supplies through their territory, when the US has a massive air transportation system. Given the successes in Iraq and Afghanistan, I see no reason why the Feds could not ship supplies via the air - flimsy excuses about the reliability of the USAF do not cut it.
Along similar lines, what happens in the Middle East (apparently an American protectorate) and elsewhere while the US has problems? Might the rebels not receive support from outside?
One of the books major problems is that it features characters that would be interesting in their own right - although how believable is another matter - but stand as caricatures of American political figures. Hilary Clinton is the one most reviewers have pointed at, but someone called Janet Reno is also caricatured. Worse, the good guys are mainly American patriots - it would be nice to see someone who had other motives (escape from the feds for drug offences, perhaps?) on the 'good' side. And what was the North Vietnamese doing in the plot anyway? He should have been long dead (book takes place in 2060, Vietnamese War ended in 1975, do the math Tom.)
The author either dislikes lesbians or is seeking to shock people. The subplot of the president's relationship with her army commander (also female) is unnecessary and adds little, not even a steamy scene, to the plot.
The book does have some very dramatic scenes. The president's speech to the new constitutionals convention and her subsequent death are very tense and uncertain. The reader is reminded of the death of JFK, but few real heartstrings are pulled for the reader - by the last pages everyone is convinced that she has as much right to live as Hitler. Hitler, at least, was fairly honest about his plans for the future.
I am no expert in US politics, so I won't comment on the likelihood of this situation developing or the amendments made to the constitution at the end of the book. What I will say is that the president, Wilhelmina Rottemeyer, might well be right when she says, at the end, that no matter how they try, they'll fall back into the same trap again and again. The heroine responds that that might not be a bad thing - America can handle a revolution once in a while. I consider the first attitude to be defeatist and short-sighted and the second to be irresponsible. Americans may or may not disagree.
From me, the book gets three stars out of five. Good points: interesting plot. Dramatic Outcome. Good overall view. Bad Points: Seriously bad writing in places (and in the wrong place too). Too short in places. No international aspect beyond Chinese arms deliveries. No really final resolution. Characters caricatures instead of real people.

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cardboard characters and dull action.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2018

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Disjointed plotting, cardboard characters and dull action..some flashes of the more accomplished author of his later books shines through, but for your first Kratman, don't choose his first Kratman

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Reviewed in Germany on 2 January 2019

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die Gedankenwelt der US Wutbürger ist schwer nachzuvollziehen

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Tin foil hat novel

Reviewed in Canada on 6 December 2019

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If you want a conspiracy theories and railing against the world this is your book. I am trying to remove it from my history!

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Neo-Conservative Claptrap.

Reviewed in the United States on 16 November 2020

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Fortunately, this book did not cost me anything to buy (and I can see why). I deleted it after reading about 5% of the book when it became obvious the author was letting his personal neo-conservative views get the best of him. I get it. You don't have to be so blatant. Democrats are the "Evil Empire" and Republicans are true Red, White, and Blue patriots. Not all Democrats are bad and not all Republicans are good. The author portrayed the Democratic President as so wicked, she should have been twirling a Snidely Whiplash mustache and saying "Bwah-ha-ha-ha".

Very generic and weak characterizations. This reads like something that would have been written by one of the PR flunkies from the most recent Republican administration. If you want to get a better grasp of his personal views, you should check out Kratman's personal website. I guess it's nice that he personally won the War on Terror.

If you enjoy wearing your MAGA hat and are a member of the National Fascist Party (aka the Republican Party), then you might like this novel. Otherwise, give it a pass.

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