Rising wind / Dick Couch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couch, Dick, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military bases, American--Johnston Atoll--Johnston Island--Fiction.

Military bases, American.

Pacific Ocean--Johnston Atoll.

Pacific Ocean--Johnston Island (Johnston Atoll).

Special operations (Military science)--Fiction.

Special operations (Military science).

Terrorists--Johnston Atoll--Johnston Island--Fiction.

Terrorists.

Genre:

Adventure fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, [1996]

Summary:

Some 60 million pounds of lethal chemical agents are currently stockpiled at storage sites across the United States and on Johnston Island in the Pacific. The plan is to destroy these deadly, aging weapons as quickly as possible, but until that happens the storage facilities make tempting targets for terrorists. Here, veteran novelist Dick Couch, who has a reputation for successfully building fictional plots around plausible real-world crises, takes on the vulnerability of our nation's chemical weapons stores. On December 7 right-wing Japanese terrorists capture the U.S. chemical weapons storage site in the Pacific along with a thousand American hostages. The president of the United States is powerless to meet their demands. Two young warriors, Lt. John Moody and Capt. Shintaro Nakajima - a Navy SEAL and a samurai - and two clashing cultures are forced to cooperate to save their nations from disaster. As the two attempt to keep the terrorists from unleashing the toxic arsenal, they find that in ways that count they are brothers. Opposing them is Takashi Tadao, an ultranationalist dedicated to the restoration of Japan's military tradition. When Tadao gains control of the American facility, he puts the world's two economic superpowers on a collision course. In addition to setting a breathtaking pace, this thriller raises disturbing questions about leftover World War II animosities, the warrior spirit of the modern Japanese samurai, and the fate of America's chemical stockpile.

ISBN:

1557501335

OCLC:

33819733