Well, I just finished Schlichter's
Indian Country. On a 1-5 scale with "5" being exceptional, I would rate the book a "3.5". For you readers who rated it VG or exceptional no offense should be taken. Just different strokes for different folks.
The book is a modern day
High Noon or
Magnificent Seven or
Seven Samurai ala modern day warfare and politics. The plot-line is a bit unbelievable.
The United States splits in half. One half is Red States (Conservative) and the other half is Blue States (Progressive). I could see this happening after a civil war maybe - But not by a popular vote, as it apparently happened in the book.
Now, once I got past the plot-line, I enjoyed the book.
I loved Schlichter humor and delivery through the hero of the book, Kelly Turnbell.
Turnbell's personality was a mixture of Pike (Robert Crais), and Hawk & Spencer (Robert Parker). A witty, sarcastic, and pure testosterone character.
Schlichter does a very good job of detailing how a insurgency program is run so, it acts as a good baseline for understanding guerilla tactics - Ala Admiral Yamamoto's superposed statement,
"You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." This quote has not been substantiated but is in essence a true statment.
If you can borrow the book, borrow it...If your library has it, sign it out...If you find it at a used book store, buy it...However, there are better books out there of the same genera that are worth the full price of $15-.
Now I will start on
Peoples Republic.
