"Admiral James Stavridis USN 2034: A Novel of the Next World War" by Elliot Ackerman

Harry Qiu Yu Yu: Really good read. Absolutely phenomenal. Would recommend. Shame that it was too short. Couldve made it longer. Part re china was not as realistic.

United Kingdom on Oct 21, 2023

Simone: Uno spaccato su un prossimo futuro che (speriamo di no) potrebbe avverarsi.
Fondamentale per capire la debolezza della “troppa democrazia” dell’occidente, la stessa che aveva fatto crollare l’Impero Romano.
Da consigliare ai nostri governanti che spesso fanno accordi con nazioni governate da “tiranni” ispirandosi alle nostre regole occidentali, senza tenere conto che davanti hanno dei “predatori”.

Italy on Feb 26, 2023

bob f: Yearning for a good military fiction set in the near future. Unfortunately this wasn't it. Maybe it's because as an American I have a really hard time with stories like this that start out with America getting gut punched really hard by technology that they have no understanding of, which while is possible is unlikely, and then usually it go on to prevail in the end... End... But with this story of course we did not.
All the usual bad actors are present of course like Russia and Iran and now China. Any stories usually start out with decisions made by a state who later winds up regretting it. Maybe they should just think it through before they pull the trigger in the first place?
The book does make some very good points though. America is just as likely or more likely to implode from within versus from external factors, although nuclear war probably changes that equation quite a bit.

While I would like to see the US disengage from a lot of the world shenanigans that are going on, I think we know that if we did that we'll have more problems down the road then we would confronting it while trying to keep it from escalating into world conflict again.
Another issue I...

United States on Mar 15, 2022

Jonny Katz: o livro especula sobre a futura geo politica

Brazil on Feb 17, 2022

Paco: Its been quite a few years since I read such good fiction, so close to the reality that its almost terrifying.

Awesome book!

Mexico on Jun 16, 2021

Ambalavaner Kandeepan: A fast paced, riveting thriller with a very plausible scenario, however, i am a little skeptical that China with its repressive society and ethos of forcibly fitting square pegs into round holes would be able to develop an AI program that blinds the American war machine.

I mean after putting all of their resources into vaccine development, the Sinovax is less effective than its Pfizer or Moderna counterpart, so in a little over10 short years for the country to develop an AI with the level of sophistication capable of rendering all of the US defense technology is quite far fetched.

On the other hand, India's progress seems credible, though again the slightly over a decade timeframe measured against the level of advancement portrayed in the novel does seem a little too short.

Canada on Mar 16, 2021

Lance Miller: I've read negative comments on this book, and agree some of those points are valid, and yet I give this book five stars and urge voters and those in positions to set policy to read it.

The gist and ultimate message of the book is what we should take away.

The novel centers on five characters, told from their point of view. I am a geek that prefers focus on technology or science, so this human centered narrative was a turn-off at first. Further in I became more engrossed with the book and saw the relience on characters as an efficient means to convey the military-geopolitical dynamics.

I certainly prefer dry, unsentimental military strategy such as in my science fiction military theory short story "Treason Alaska : The Story of the Treason Trade Route", which in spite of it's title is more about Chinese-American antagonism and a surprising outcome.

Still, I endorse this sentiment drenched 2034 for it's few very important statements Americans need to see. There are pro-Russian statements, and pro-Chinese statements, and are very counter to the a priori moral assumptions we see in US journalism and State Department policy rhetoric.

Here are my...

United States on Mar 11, 2021