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

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

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