Crisis Game : A Novel of the Cold War [Hardcover]

Craig R. Eisendrath (Author), Craig Eisendrath (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002 | Series: First Fiction Series

They once had power-all four of them-and they enjoyed it. Now, in the heat of the Vietnam conflict, they're on the fringes of government, relegated to participating in a war game, trying out moves that mimic reality rather than making policy. Yet, they tell themselves, this game is important. It will help the government avoid a false step that could launch nuclear terror. The crisis they must deal with is a Chinese Communist thrust into Thailand and a Soviet attempt to take over Iran. But the four players-a former assistant secretary of state and Strategic Air Command pilot, a former effete ambassador, a philandering law professor, and a corrupt former U.S. senator-desperately want this game to be real, and they play it as if it were. Soon they're obsessed, as their wives begin to realize. Each move becomes a personal commitment, not just an exercise. Reality and game playing blur. Before long, these four members of the State Department team are deep in conflict with a more aggressive team from the Defense Department. As they continue to explore their strategies, they reveal their deepest secrets and ambitions, and in the end they have to face the fact that they are real human beings, not just players in a game.

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About the Author

CRAIG EISENDRATH served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State, working in the area of outer space and nuclear disarmament. With a Ph.D. from Harvard University, he became a college dean and then head of the state humanities council in Pennsylvania. Today, he is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, a Washington, D.C. think tank, and the author of several books on international affairs, most recently The Phantom Defense: America's Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion. Eisendrath also writes and directs plays, most recently his adapted version of Macbeth.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Sunstone Press; 1st edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865343322
• ISBN-13: 978-0865343320
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,581,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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