Joint Task Force - Liberia [Paperback]

David E. Meadows (Author)

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Publication Date: September 2, 2003

The brand-new Naval-Marine combat series.

A "visionary" (Joe Buff) in the world of military fiction, Pentagon staff member and U.S. Navy Captain David E. Meadows presents a bold new series that takes America into the next era of modern warfare...

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On a par with Tom Clancy. (Milos Stankovic)

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Brand new from the acclamed author of the successful Sixth Fleet series.

A coalition of African nationalists and Muslim extremists has decided the time has come to wipe American influences clean from the face of Africa. Their first target; an enclave of African-American expatriates living in Liberia. It is not only a bloodbath--it is an international crisis that demands an immediate U.S. response. Enter Amphibious Group Two, a special joint task force of Navy and Marine components led by Rear Admiral Dick Holman. Their job is simple: liberate the trapped families in Liberia. But in today's explosive political climate, with ever-shifting alliances and dangerous hidden agendas, nothing is ever that simple.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 311 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (September 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425192067
• ISBN-13: 978-0425192061
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,553,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the spook is on the loose, tom clancy better hide, September 16, 2003

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SantaJoe (Saint Paul, Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joint Task Force - Liberia (Paperback)

I can die now, the Naval Security Group has fictional heroes other than "Vietnam Spook Show." (Thank you Wayne Care)

David Meadows was good in his first series, but he's gone from a scribbler of books to a WRITER OF NOVELS with this book. He has vaulted into the top tier of military fiction authors with this book. His ear for dialogue is unsurpassed. Having spent a few hours around flag officers and more time than I wish to admit on skimmers, Meadows has the flavor nailed down. I could taste the stack gas and hear the roar of the turbines on the flight deck.

His understanding of the bond between warriors is keen and the characters are well developed. The action flows fast and the [non-essential] is an absolute minimum. Best of all, no gratitutious sex scenes (see his web site for the reason for that.) that would be an embarrasment to the USN. ...

I can't wait for January and the next installment. It's a joy to have a new author I hunger for when I go to the store.

Kudos to Meadows. Igor rules!

17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Well Thought Out Page-Turner, March 25, 2004

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Newt Gingrich (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joint Task Force - Liberia (Paperback)

David Meadows is a fine emerging author of action-military stories with interesting twists. His books are useful to stretch your mind and connect events and ideas that you would not automatically have put in the same category.

In this volume from his Joint Task Force series, a group of Americans have spent the last few years building a settlement in Liberia and are trying to retire to a community that would help their ancestral land while allowing them to enjoy life when a group of Islamic fanatics begin taking over Liberia and killing all the Americans. Among the retired Americans is an African American General with strong combat experience and his top sergeant.

Meanwhile, off the American coast, a Navy-Marine Joint Task Force is experimenting with a new generation of experimental unmanned fighter aircraft (think predators but much more agile) when it is assigned the immediate challenge of rescuing the Americans in Liberia before the marauding Islamists massacre them. Additionally, the French have decided to intervene with a stronger Naval force and since no American aircraft carrier is in the area, think they will have the dominant force necessary to humiliate the Americans.

The interspersing of Americans trying to survive in Liberia, fighter experimentation at the cutting edge, a tense standoff with an 'ally' and the Navy-Marine determination to save their fellow citizens makes for a consistently interesting read.

Simply stated, Meadows will have you turning pages and thinking new thoughts.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Above the Pack, November 12, 2004

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Bonnie Toews "Heart Tugs ... at the crossroad... (Newcastle, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joint Task Force - Liberia (Paperback)

Captain David E. Meadows rises to the top of the military thriller with Joint Task Force: Liberia. His growing mastery of suspense and characterization captures the reader with his opening sentence: "Ullma pulled the children closer." From here, he delves into the terror of ordinary citizens and children suddenly pitched into the lap of rebel extremists without a lifeline in Liberia. He not only paints the resulting American military rescue scenes with realism and true-to-life dialogue, he presents an interesting political scenario that nails the hidden agenda of a so-called ally: France. This is an author who knows the insides-out of his subject and gives us a fly-on-the-wall view of real possibilities in a world that now rocks with anti-Americanism. For this reason he stands apart from Tom Clancy and is building his own throne in military fiction. Kudos for the first of his Joint Task Force series. Can't wait to read the rest.