I ve had an interesting life I suppose that s why a couple years ago I started writing I ve had an interest since grade school Growing up I was a dedicated reader I read many of the classics from Moby Dick to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn My grandmother had the full collection of Ernest Hemingway on her bookshelves I read them all I was hooked on going to libraries. I d spend hours browsing the shelves I read The Count of Monte Cristo The Odyssey anything by Jack London Later in life I became a Tom Clancy fan As I aged I realized I ve seen a lot and done a lot both good and bad I thought I might as well write some of it down before I forget it all I grew up as an Air Force brat As a ten and eleven years old I lived in I ve had an interesting life I suppose that s why a couple years ago I started writing I ve had an interest since grade school Growing up I was a dedicated reader I read many of the classics from Moby Dick to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn My grandmother had the full collection of Ernest Hemingway on her bookshelves I read them all I was hooked on going to libraries. I d spend hours browsing the shelves I read The Count of Monte Cristo The Odyssey anything by Jack London Later in life I became a Tom Clancy fan As I aged I realized I ve seen a lot and done a lot both good and bad I thought I might as well write some of it down before I forget it all I grew up as an Air Force brat As a ten and eleven years old I lived in Japan for 18 months This was during the Korean War The war ended in 1953 not really a cease fire took place so my step dad was rotated back to the States I had no choice but to return with him I liked Japan. We weren t in the States for long In 1955 we went to Chateuroux France We were in France for three years I hated to leave I was a high school sopho a football star a big fish in a small pond How many young American teenagers get to walk down the Champs lys es and drink Cognac in sports bars I really liked France. Fast forward a few years and I was attending Georgia Tech part time and working at Western Electric as an Engineering Associate I was bummed out to get a draft notice Like Mohammad Ali I had no quarrel with the yellow man I thought the war a huge mistake. To beat the draft I joined a Navy Reserve unit located at the Ga Tech campus I joined with a good friend who said we should apply for the Seabees We didn t know it at the time but that was like purchasing a trip to Vietnam and being in the field with the Marine Corps We ended up in the same squad in Vietnam. With all this military stuff going on it s no wonder I ve gravitated toward writing techno thrillers I guess military life is in my blood During World War 11 my dad was a Sergeant in the Army Air Corps He didn t make it In 1944 the B 24 heavy bomber he was a gunner on was shot down over Germany By a cruel twist of fate it was on my second birthday. My writing reflects my military experiences and thoughts about military life Few wars are necessary Often they take place by a series of mistakes and miscalculations Once started there is no good or easy way out I write about the harm war brings to so many people. I respect the military and military families They often face great hardship so the majority of the American public can continue with their shopping TV watching overeating or whatever the current fad may be. I respect few current politicians Most only play to their base Since the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that base has narrowed Now they listen only to those who can write a big check The money men pandering politicians and the circle of 1% elite are the ones who send young men and women to war I m sure this lack of respect shows up in my writing. But no way I m giving up on America As Winston Churchill once said The Americans will always do the right thing after they ve exhausted all the alternatives site_link On The BrinkWar with IranVol 1I picked this book up from eReaderIQ And I think it was fairly well written The detail was very good and the author s grasp of the military and the think tank world were very good But I got a little lost in the detail and kept waiting for a thrilling plot to show up But it never really did for me There was tension and rising gas prices But none of that kept me turning the pages In the end I would rather had a compelling plot than excellent detail On The BrinkWar with IranVol 1 This book is highly offensive Greene is contemplating a nuclear war with Iran as if Iran is a terroist state and has no respect for human rights This book features the current president of the U. S and the former extremist khatemi as the president of iran while this book is set in 2016 I would have appreciated if Greene had wrote this book with the current president of Iran Rouhani who wants to improve relations with Western countries Further not all Iranians believe that the U. S is the great Satan this is just the extremist government I am Iranian and American and I love my dual nationality but I hate the negative relations between the two countries I love I wish to dissipate the negative feelings between this two countries Future readers please realize that if you were to go to Iran you would find that the Iranian people be hospitable towards you The news makes it seem that Iranian people hate the U. S but this is a sterotype In fact the Iranian people are not much different from Americans even though the governmnet gives this impression On The BrinkWar with IranVol 1