Passport [Hardcover]

Bruce Herschensohn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 2003

"In Passport, Bruce Herschensohn takes his personal experience and observations from one of the most prolific times in our history and puts flesh on the bones of the foreign policy of that time with lessons for today. Well done!" -Rush Limbaugh, syndicated radio talk show host and bestselling author of The Way Things Ought to Be and See, I Told You So "Bruce Herschensohn's knowledge of the world and foreign policy is almost unmatched. His ability to take modern history and mobilize it into action through the written and spoken word makes anything he has to write worth reading." -Sean Hannity, television talk show host and bestselling author of Let Freedom Ring "Now, in the great American tradition of stirring political novels such as Allen Drury's Advise and Consent, comes Bruce Herschensohn's Passport. There are no doubts he will stir readers as Drury and Fletcher Knebel did and, rest assured, Passport will be on my reading night table." -Michael Reagan, host of The Michael Reagan Talk Show "Bruce Herschensohn had a first person's view of many of the battles and events that took place during the Cold War and that led to our ultimate victory and so many peoples' freedom. This novel of that war is a pleasure to read and commend. Herschensohn has done a favor to history and fiction with Passport." -William J. Bennett, Former U.S. Secretary of Education "Bruce Herschensohn is an astute observer of our world scene today. More, he possesses that extra insight and sense that enables him to see and discerningly analyze the large picture now and in the future in a way that few individuals can." -Steve Forbes, publisher, Forbes An epic novel of the Cold War in the bestselling tradition of Herman Wouk and James Clavell Passport is a sweeping and dramatic novel of the lives of twelve people thrown together by chance in the exotic territory of British-ruled Hong Kong and of their fateful reunion during the Chinese takeover decades later. In the years between the time of their separation and the moment of their reunion, some cross paths, some achieve international recognition, some become notorious-and all are changed by the events that make up the Cold War. When they finally reunite, all they have gone through reflects a tumultuous time that changed everyone and everything, and established America as the sole superpower in the world. These people include: Adam Orr, a man who worked at Cape Canaveral but had other and more covert interests during the Cold War, particularly in South Vietnam. Anne Whitney, a young woman who changed her outlook of men and women and romance, and changed her radical political beliefs in a metamorphosis that was total. Tso Wai-yee, a beautiful young Chinese woman in Hong Kong whose devotion to that British colony was greater than any personal love or affection. Moose Dunston, who was contracted by the Department of Defense, and uniquely became an appointee of both President Johnson and President Nixon. Jonas Valadovich, the young Air Force lieutenant who would make a career of military service, and face total frustration when he retired until he was rescued by President Reagan. Passport is a window into a time that clarified and enhanced America's role in the world, and the lessons learned are still reverberating from the Middle East to North Korea. BRUCE HERSCHENSOHN has been a television and radio political commentator for the last two decades. Herschensohn is also an Associate Fellow of the Nixon Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Individual Freedom.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 896 pages
• Publisher: I Books; First Printing edition (October 7, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074347984X
• ISBN-13: 978-0743479844
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,290,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FOEIGN POLICY REALITY & UNDERSTANDING, October 10, 2003

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JIM NEUMAN (LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passport (Hardcover)

All through my life and through the thoughts of all the people that have affected my life, whether be just a mere acquaintence or friend, none of us has ever really understood the true meaning of the words "FOREIGN POLICY" and how this subject pertains to world and human events with all who live on this planet.

Bruce Herschensohn's interpretation of what real foreign policy means has been brilliantly depicted through the creation of a non-fiction novel, fictionlized thru his characterization. Mr. Herschensohn makes you feel that you are traveling the world and living as one of the 12 characters he writes about in his novel, "Passport". This wonderful book is a modern day depiction of The Winds of War, but created as "The Winds of the Cold War" from the Ike era thru the Clinton administration and taking place on the world's stage.If you want to really know the meaning and understanding on the subject of "FOREIGN POLICY" and how it pertains to all of us,then this is a "one of a kind book" that explains all of this while taking you on a magic and entertaining journey on what really happens throughout the world of politics when pertaining to various world countries and their leadership.

This is one of the best books I have ever read reminisent and compared, in my opinion, to the great works and spirit of a great James Mitchner novel. This story would be perfect for a mini series for the television audiences around the globe.

A MUST READ..ENJOY THE JOURNEY

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Memorial to Freedom, November 16, 2003

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Lewis Fein (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passport (Hardcover)

For sentimentalists of a particular strain, the kind who believe unfettered capitalism (divorced from justice and devoid of morality), is the best political system - and there are many "conservatives" who celebrate such a model - Bruce Herschensohn's "Passport" has an extended way of yelling -- Stop! The real political ideal has more to do with freedom, not to consume or sell, but to live. And nowhere is that system both extinct (for Herschensohn) and extant (for the corporate drones who cannot look beyond the beauty of a spreadsheet) than in Hong Kong. Herschensohn opens his novel with a tribute to the former home of boundless freedom: refugees and entrepreneurs, diplomats and journalists, free peoples dedicated to a cause - enshrined by man and climaxed by history - that money without morality is worthless. In between, the reader learns about the high drama of the Cold War, from Kennedy to Nixon to Reagan to Bush. Even the grand dilemma of the Middle East receives Herschensohn's astute analysis. Spellbinding throughout, "Passport" is a pleasurable read and a political monument. Excellent!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a journey, August 23, 2005

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Bill Frazier (Big Timber, MT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passport (Hardcover)

This book starts with a journey and ends with a journey, the end relating back to the beginning. "Journey" is as good a description as any for these reminiscenses of the cold war era. Those of us who participated in and remember these years will all find some friends in this book's cast of characters.
This book is an elegant ellegy to a recent time past and to the types of people who brought us through it. Honor is due Mr. Herschensohn. I hope he writes another book of this caliber.