Executive Intent

By Dale Brown

       China and Russia are pursuing aggressive policies in Somolia and Yemin that threaten the United States. The US president , who is in favor of negotiating a treaty to abolish space based weapons, wants to cancel the US space based weapon system. The vice president opposes him.

Then Pakistan launches a nuclear missile. The US weapon system terminates the threat but the number of casualties has the media portraying the US as the bad guy.

The president is preparing for reelection and has to fight off the power hungry vice president. The action is violent as a US aircraft carrier fights against Chinese missiles and hunter-killer submarines. The U.S. must restore American power and influence in the world.

This technical thriller is well plotted and fast moving. Brown gives a detailed description of the technology involved in space weapons systems. The book involves many characters from Brown's previous books.

The focus of the book is on politicians, international relations and tensions between the military services. It deals with personal and political interaction in the senior leadership as it deals with the political and military elite in the US.