The Colonels, W.E.B. Griffin
The Colonels, W.E.B. Griffin
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The Colonels

Author: W.E.B. Griffin

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Unabridged: 15 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/02/2012

Synopsis

They were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina.Now, in the twilight of a dying decade, they must return to the United States to forge a new type of American soldier—one to be tested on the beaches of Cuba and in a new war yet to come.…Griffin’s “writing enriched by new, fully developed characters…renders an intricately layered, epic novel of international politics.…” —Publishers Weekly

About W.E.B. Griffin

W. E. B. Griffin is also the author of the bestselling Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, and Honor Bound series. He has been invested into the orders of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association and St. Andrew of the U.S. Army Aviation Association, and is a life member of the U.S. Special Operations Association; Gaston-Lee Post 5660, Veterans of Foreign Wars; China Post #1 in Exile of the American Legion; and the Police Chiefs Association of Southeast Pennsylvania, South New Jersey, and Delaware. He is an honorary life member of the U.S. Army Otter & Caribou Association, the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, the U.S. Marine Corps Raider Association, and the USMC Combat Correspondents Association.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ridel on December 20, 2023

Multitasking In the dying days of the 1950s, the American Armed Forces began its reorganization from conquering heroes to proxy war instigators. The author’s ability to channel horrifying bureaucracy into a character-driven drama is peerless. No one else can start a chapter with a Telex describin......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on October 29, 2022

The soap opera aspects of this series go into high gear as Major Craig Lowell simply cannot keep his pants zipped no matter how stupid he knows he is being. Perhaps the alcoholism (which no one in the novel comes close to recognizing) is part of the problem. In any event, Lowell’s problems with sexu......more

Goodreads review by Bob on March 15, 2020

Another superb entry in an epic series.......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on October 21, 2013

The decade is ending, things are changing...a lot. In this book the beginnings of special operations units is taking place. The Characters are growing...sometimes or in some cases...and things will (of course) never be the same. Presidents come and go throughout the decades of our story but it seems t......more

Goodreads review by Keith on June 12, 2020

In this novel the Korean conflict has wound down but things in SE Asia aren't quite done and Vietnam is becoming increasingly important in the geopolitical tensions. The Green Berets have become their own separate part of the service. Craig Lowell is still, sadly a major. We travel with an increasin......more

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