Protect & Defend [Hardcover]

Eric L. Harry (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060176954
• ISBN-13: 978-0060176952
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,804,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!, July 29, 2003

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"ggammell2" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Protect and Defend (Paperback)

Harry composed a well thought out, wonderfully researched piece with Protect & Defend. For once, the reader can rest assured that units and technology were correctly identified (something many authors of this genre have difficulties with). Harry's understanding of warfare from strategic geopolitics to small unit infantry combat is top-notch. This is a great book to get you started in this genre or to continue your addiction for it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Harry Throws You Right In The Middle Of The Action!", February 20, 2000

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John J. Rust - See all my reviews

This review is from: Protect and Defend (Paperback)

An excellent, tour de force of adventure. The opening part with a worldwide anarchist revolution blowing away world leaders is just an appetizer. When the revolution peters out and the Russian government is no more, the Chinese pour into Siberia. All that is there to oppose them is Gen. Nate Clark and his small NATO force. The characters are well done and believable. Harry's best scenes are in the trenches, capturing the full range of emotions of the common infantryman. The battles are incredibly done. The siege at the Siberian air base is masterful. I loved his portrayal of the anarchist "leader" Kartsev. Does not come of as the evil man he really is but as a social scientist conducting a grand experiment. Unfortunately lots and lots and lots of people are dying in the process. The ending could have been a little more dramatic, but overall bully for Eric L. Harry!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A disturbing thriller, December 12, 1998

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Steven H. Hurowitz (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Protect and Defend (Paperback)

After having read Mr. Harry's previous novels, it was with great anticipation that I was looking forward to this new one. Amazon had it available for pre-order sometime last year, but then it was withdrawn. I found that it was published in the UK, so I asked a friend to get it for me. If you were amazed by his first two books, both great, and different, then I think that you will be equally amazed by this one. It is thrilling, and yet disturbing. I found the subject matter to be somewhat upsetting, and perhaps a little too plausible. The social and political upheaval caused by the anarchist movement in the book is very frightening. The description of a near future United States and Russia in the grips of such a movement are truly scary. It was more like Arc Light in its technical aspects and its description of possible future war (the scenes in Siberia are 'chilling'). I highly recommend it and hope that something like this never happens.