

“As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning blow!” (Giap, 1990)”
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

“Paul Remmich is going to do something special before moving to Cuba. He will have to sign a legal agreement protecting him to work for Iraq as an independent diplomat.”
― Counter Identity
― Counter Identity

“This is a class in American Literature and not an arena for extreme full-contact judo”
― Shared Sorrows
― Shared Sorrows

“Inside he was hurt. Not so much with Linda, but his failure to impress women generally with his abilities. There she was, an example: lending – no, giving –thirty thousand pounds to a smooth-talking old bastard, but she would not part with a penny to him after living with him for a year or more.”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
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