Active Measures [Paperback]

Alexander Court (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 2001

In this explosive new novel of international intrigue, an American physician is hand-picked by the U.S. government for a chilling assignment: contact a fellow doctor obsessed with medical genocide-and assassinate him.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Jove (January 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515130168
• ISBN-13: 978-0515130164
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,545,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious reading!, April 9, 2001

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"fuddme" (Uppsala , Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Active Measures (Paperback)

I'm a swede myself, so I wonder of what country A.Court actually is writing about. Because I don't recognize Sweden in his version. First I thougt he had mixed up Sweden with recent Serbia, but in the final chapters I wonder if he havent had Afghanistan in mind. His background research looks like it's based on some (small) recent history reports but mainly on some more-then-typical tourist broschures. I thought that you could expected more of a "world-recognized operational expert" in the field of destabilize governments and psychological warfare. Anyway! I'm not insulted. I havent read such a funny novel in years. Its funny because its so stupid. Its true that nobody can learn Sweden about lying of its history(especially when it comes to WWII) but if anybody thinks he know something about how its in Sweden after he had read this novel, he is terribily wrong.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting ,Provocative,Flawed, July 22, 2002

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Bruce D. Kolesar "Kosh" (Webster Springs,West Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Active Measures (Paperback)

A Physician who moonlights as an Assassin. Interesting. An exposee of a friendly governments treatment of its refugee "problem", provocative. A look into the power elites solution to this problem ,interesting and hopefully flawed. This is just one layer of this onion though. (I won't give it away to the readers who are actually reading this as a hint as to whether to buy this book.)But, suffice it to say the deeper the main character gets into this onion,the more rotten it becomes.Extremely Provovative. I was unsure as to the purpose of this book though . Was it written as an excuse to uncover and expose this rottenness or, merely telling a tale in a "damn the torpedoes ,straight ahead" style . There are some factual errors that belie very flawed research ,you'll see them referred to if you read the other reviews.
Also you'll find some plot jumping,and the odd credibility gap.But its that "Extremely Provocative" layer of the onion that make this worth a read. And I'll give one hint here ,its not the Swedes who end up with the blackest eye.
Would be glad to hear from any Swedish people regarding the true situation in your country regarding refugees.I'm aware that is a problem in several European nations.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beach Side Reading, April 24, 2002

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"sharonrovner" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Active Measures (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up in an airport for an East to West Coast flight. It is a fun thriller that takes an interesting historical premise and pushes it to the limit. A lot of Swedish readers seem offended, but this makes the book more intriguing. Is there truth to the author's claims? Is he getting close to a touchy subject? There are a few editing mistakes, but sadly, what modern book doesn't have them. This book is a solidly good political thriller. It is there to be enjoyed, not to be scrutinized as reference material.