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CG, TF Aguinaldo, Arsenault FROM:
Bhimbetka, Aladdin, LtCmdr, Cpt. CNSS
Broward County
RE:
Update of enemy order of battle, Haulover Sir:
Following detailed analysis of string-of-pearls mapping of Human world Haulover, determination has been made that enemy force is probable 50,000. Perhaps not all are combatant. Map with locations of sightings of enemy, including estimated types of units and numbers, is attached. Respectfully submitted, Bhimbetka, Broward County
“A probable force of fifty thousand,” Cumberland murmured.
“Which number probably doesn’t include support troops. So I’m staying with my earlier estimate of one hundred thousand enemy.”
“It could be more.”
“Indeed it could. That’s why I’m standing up the XXX
Corps in addition to the XVIII Corps. If we need them, they’ll be ready to go on a few days’ notice.”
Cumberland tipped his head back for a moment, thinking. He nodded sharply. “Andy, there was an American general in the late twentieth century, name of Powell. He established what came to be called ‘the Powell Doctrine.’ It essentially said that you should never enter a war unless you have overwhelming force on your side.”
Aguinaldo mentally rifled through his memories and quickly found the Powell Doctrine. “And it only held for a few years before someone with more faith in machines than in men
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scrap-heaped it.” He thought for another moment, then added,
“As I recall it, Powell won his war against a huge army in a matter of days.”
“And the man who didn’t want to use enough soldiers made a war that threw his country and a large part of the rest of the world into a turmoil that lasted far too many years.”
“Your point is taken, Pradesh. You’re a good thinker; that’s why you’re my deputy. I will issue orders for XXX Corps to deploy to Haulover as soon as shipping is available for it.”
“Overwhelming force, sir?”
“Overwhelming force.”
Document Outline
COVER
ALSO BY DAVID SHERMAN AND DAN CRAGG
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
EPILOGUE
PREVIEW