The 40-Minute War

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We would like to thank Jim Baen, who read the manuscript in progress and made astute suggestions; David Drake, whose DU rounds came in handy; and Dean Ing, whose up-to-the-minute expertise in the area of nuclear conflict and kind assistance were invaluable.

It was cherry blossom time in Washington and from the air the clever planning of the city’s French architect was clearly visible: no horse army would have an easy time storming revetments well placed along those concentric circles. Capitol Hill and its buildings, as the young nation’s fathers had intended, would be prohibitively expensive to take and the last to fall to an enemy infantry slogging up the slope.

But this was of little concern to the airborne warriors of the Islamic Jihad in their commandeered Royal Saudi airliner. There were only six martyrs aboard—three Iranians, two Libyans, and a Palestinian woman who, despite her sex, was their commanding officer.

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