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USA versus China Military Power. Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War.
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Reviewer: colonel54
Extremely thought provoking but weak storytelling.
From a strategic analysis standpoint, this is a great book. Extremely well researched and thought provoking, it makes Americans question how long our dominance on the world stage can last and what we might need to change in order to prevent a scenario like the one in the book from happening. From a storytelling standpoint, this book is written in the style of the Game of Thrones books - each chapter rotates between characters, and at first you don't really know what is going on until the many plotlines start to come together. However, it is far too short of a book for this approach to be truly effective. Many characters/plotlines are introduced but then forgotten or wrapped up haphazardly. Another frustrating similarity this book shares with Game of Thrones is a knack for ending a chapter right as something intense is about to happen. You only find out about how such events unfolded in passing in later chapters, if the event is explicitly mentioned again at all. But the value of the book is in the vulnerabilities and possibilities we face as a nation in the 21st century, so I still thought it was a great book overall.
Reviewer: Dougal
Good - but scary
A cautionary tale. America's military has fallen prey to ill-advised budget cuts and has unwisely allowed key electronics components to be supplied by manufacturers subverted by enemy agencies... processor chips have naughty agendas!
I enjoyed this, but it's scary. I really truly hope our military never fall prey to the scenarios portrayed in this novel.
The only thing preventing me from given this book 5 stars was, for me, the ending seemed a bit rushed. After the huge amount of detail given the lead-up to the final battle, the actual battle seemed a bit perfunctory - I want to relish how the baddies were at last given their just deserts and the final denouement was too brisk.
Reviewer: Andrew Desmond
An exciting thriller of the way a future war might unfold
This is an interesting book and premise - a future war fought against a Chinese/Russian alliance. The technology mentioned exists (or can easily exist) and it gives one pause when you realize that over the years, we've basically handed our technology over to the Chinese to produce... and what can happen as a result.
The book reminds me a bit of Tom Clancy's often over looked thriller, 'Red Storm Rising" (an excellent book and one of my favorites). There are no real chapters, just sections with each of the events unfolding in a different theatre of operation. The question posed is: can you fight back with "obsolete" equipment. In this case, much of the story focuses on naval power.
It's not the best written novel I have read, and the end left me a little hanging, but it was well worth the time reading and I enjoyed it thoroughly. In a way, quite thought provoking.
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Meticulously researched, an all-too-likely cautionary tale...
I give this book 5 stars for research, documentation, and prescience, but only 3 for story; an average of 4. While the concept is not new to military sci-fi readers, the cyber storyline and very near future timeline set it apart. More directly, the plausibility is troubling, especially in light of America's recent blind "trust" of potential adversaries.
Overall, an engaging and quick read.
Reviewer: Jeff C.
They're no Tom Clancy, this PW Singer and August Cole.
This book builds out a fascinating premise but it lacks the vermissiltude that made Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising required reading for military professionals in the 1980s.
Reading Tom Clancy, military members will think "yeah, that seems about right..." Reading Ghost Fleet, the flow of a good story is consistently interrupted by an inner voice crying out "that's stupid - it would never happen that way."
Example: (spoiler) The book's opening hook is an astronaut getting locked out of the space station. It ends with "...his remaining oxygen. Would it be enough time for the Eastern Seaboard to come into view? His wife and grown boys were vacationing on Cape Cod, and he wanted to look down at them one last time."
I found this image fascinating and kept thinking about it, but my thoughts were "This is a good story gone stupid. There is absolutely no way the personality type of this character is going to spend his last minutes of life mooning over his family on Earth. He is 100% locked in on getting back in that space station...or bringing it down with him."
The whole book reads as if written by a Hollywood screen writer (or Washington DC think tankers) with no real sense of military attitudes or culture. It's too grating to ignore.
Reviewer: Charles F. Kartman
Mil Tech and Chinese Greater Co-Prosperity Sphere
"Ghost Fleet" is a collaboration between two individuals who as described follow and write about new military technologies. Their novel, then, appears to contain some of their favorite projections and complaints regarding the direction of American mil tech investments. It sometimes reads as near future sci-fi, and at others like a polemic with a dose of Jane's Defence Weekly.
The plot involves a surprise attack by a Chinese and Russian alliance against an overconfident and complacent USA. The Pearl Harbor scenario is exciting and then continues as the Chinese strategy seems to mirror the WWII Japanese strategy of not seeking an American defeat but rather our acquiescence in their war gains. (Minor Spoiler Alert) In this case, the Chinese occupy Hawaii, and a good deal of the book is about American resistance efforts there.
As one should expect given the authors' backgrounds, the technologies described are quite interesting. Surprisingly, I found the characters to be well done and the book as a whole a more engaging read than I had expected. This is admittedly not a subject that would appeal to everyone, but I encourage those interested in current military affairs to give it a try.
Reviewer: Sean Ireland
Red Bore Rising
Read a few reviews comparing Ghost Fleet to Clancy's classic Red Storm Rising. Couldn't be further from the truth. This book is more future tech non-sense than global naval conflict. I almost closed the book after reading a scene with quadcopter drones dog fighting F-35s. This story has more in common with Battlestar Galactica story lines than Red Storm Rising. Old tech gets brought out of retirement to fight the new tech. Technology gets hacked and can't be trusted.
My favorite part of the book? The 200 plus pages where the main characters are working on their ship in drydock. Really good stuff.
Avoid this snore fest.
Reviewer: T. Austin
China engages in a an overwhelming sneak attack that cripples ...
China engages in a an overwhelming sneak attack that cripples our satellites, submarines, aircraft carriers, and internet. Summarily every single computer system within our defense infrastructure that contains a Chinese manufactured or installed CPU has been compromised. Militarily the United States has been brought to it's knees and our allies subsequently abandon us due to maritime control by the Chinese.
The first 15% was a bit slow as a parade of characters were introduced. After that it becomes a real page turner and quite the educational primer as to what our current defense weaknesses are. There are many characters in the book and subsequently the chapters will flip back and forth to different situations happening concurrently. Situations were believable including a space station situation that would have been considered farcical if written just a decade or so ago. However, the ending felt rushed, flat and unsatisfactory when compared to the body of the book. One character we followed throughout the book never got their epilogue and the end result of the war was simply summarized in just a few sentences.
Reviewer: E. J. Guedez
Well researched
To be fair, I think is fair to classify the comments into two categories:
1- About the science: the authors did their homework with an exhaustive research about the future of software development and its impact into the weaponry and military tactics of the near future. They even went ahead and provide references throughout the book. They deserve five stars for it.
2- With the storytelling part is that I have some reservations. To create tension, the authors use the same technique that is use in The Da Vinci Code. They leave chapters unfinished and when they choose to provide a climax,they leave questions unanswered and too much to the reader's imagination.
Much more emphasis is put into the technology behind the Chinese war effort than to develop the story properly to its conclusion.
Nonetheless,the book is an interesting read.
Reviewer: V. Kulkarni
It kept my attention the whole time
This novel is about a futuristic war between China and the US. It features actions scenes on land, at sea, in air and space, as well as some cyber. The authors incorporate many futuristic concepts. The authors don't focus on the presidential administrations of the two countries, but rather on the military and civilians caught in the middle of the fighting. This novel has some similarities to Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising. The serial killer character is a very unique and fascinating twist. The only drawback of this novel is that certain scenes seem implausible and make my eyes roll. But overall it's a fun novel that kept my attention the whole time.
Reviewer: Rick in PA
An excellent B-grade techno thriller.
A very good B-grade novel. I read the book in just a few sittings and I recommend it all fans of the techno-thriller. Like another reviewer said, the book had a lot of potential, some of it wasted.
CONS:
There are no time markers in the book. Did this book take place over months? Years? 5 years? Once the Chinese attack on the USA is over, the next chapter takes place in a university, but I don't know if this chapter took place at the same time as the attack, a few days, or a few months afterwards. The whole book is like that with no indication how long has passed from one event to the next.
The book takes a "big hand, little map" approach to geo-politics. This book squandered an opportunity to comment on the nature of America's relations with the rest of the world. Or at least make a comment on what Chinese hegemony would look like. What about Russia? What was Russia doing the whole time China was was dominant? Also, if the USA's economy was shattered because of a Chinese embargo, wouldn't China also suffer from cutting off all trade with it's #1 trading partner? Could the world economy skip along if the USA was suddenly taken out of it? I'm sure the USA would not feel compelled at all to repay the trillions we currently owe the Chinese (or anyone else who benefited from the Chinese attack).
The emotional scenes between a naval officer and his family and the scenes between a retired naval NCO and a civilian tech expert were so saccharine that even Lifetime movie producers would've rolled their eyes when reading it. Stick to action and battles, P.W. Singer.
PROS:
Excellent battle sequences, excellent detailed descriptions of tech and gadgets, and an excellent B-grade plot centered on the USA's over-reliance on foreign tech. This book could make a great movie like Independence Day or it could suck worse than Ben Affleck's Pearl Harbor. Be careful who you sell the movie rights to!!!!
Also, major props for ending the book on a cautious note as opposed to jingoistic chest-thumping. Sure American got another jab at the Chinese, but what happens next????? If the author writes a follow-up book I would definitely buy it! But he should send me a draft copies for my comments.
Reviewer: Thomas M. Magee
Marginal Book, Innovative Ideas
I got this book because of the vast amount of PR out there about it. I saw it commented on in various columns, blogs, and other defense related material. I had never seen a defense novel get so much PR since the heyday of the Clancy books. I am not sure how the publishers did it but they have some sort of gift there.
I found this book had mixed results. The story is sort of choppy. The author introduces things out of the blue. You find yourself asking where did that came from? The story line is based off of a few small key stories. The big picture isn't clearly explained. Character development needs more attention. That makes it hard to follow. There is an exciting start out of left field. The center of the book is slow. Activities in the book really picks up in the last 70 pages.
The good part of the book, and why I gave it 4 stars was the concept. This book is a first. This is one of those books in which people use as a frame of reference to talk about new developments in warfare. This is the new "Hunt for Red October" or "Red Storm Rising". The book talks and frames how tactics and doctrine might change in the near future, even though the plot is far off in the future. It explains how things like computer viruses, surveillance from space, old fashion spies, deception and other things work together to produce victory. The twist of how China attacked is very believable. The authors play a heavy role for drones. It will be interesting to see if markets deliver what is described here.
I really liked the battlestar glactica twist. The new stuff for the US was compromised by computer viruses. The viruses were hidden in Chinese chips. That compromise opened up the door for drones or other things to attack. Those events really damaged the country. That forced them to resort to using mothballed Navy ships and old cold war aircraft which did not have an abundance of chips. As our nation continues to cut the defense budget and buys more and more stuff overseas the story line sounds all of real.
About the Author P. W. SINGER is an expert on twenty-first-century warfare. His award-winning nonfiction books include the New York Times bestseller Wired for War.
AUGUST COLE is a writer and analyst specializing in national security issues, and a former defense industry reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
Product details:
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition (June 30, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0544142845
ISBN-13: 978-0544142848
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
