"Dale Brown - Shadows Of Steel" - читать интересную книгу автора (Brown Dale)

Thanks to Neil Nyren, publisher and editor-in-chief at G.P.

Putnam's Sons, for his valuable help with the manuscript--within sixty
seconds of my first meeting with him, this man helped me over a
particularly rough spot in the manuscript! I'm lucky to have him with
me.

This novel is dedicated to the memory of my good friend, mentor, and
editor, George M. Coleman, executive editor at G.P. Putnam's Sons.
From the very beginning of my writing career, whenever I needed a
guiding hand around all the land mines in the publishing world, he was
always there. The greatest gift God could give us is to put the soul of
George Coleman into another person and let his charm, excitement, and
thirst for life bless us once again. I hope to meet that lucky person
someday.

This novel is also dedicated to the men and women of the Aircrew
Life-Support Section, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, for
their hard work in training and equipping U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot
Captain Scott O'Grady, which helped him to survive being shot down over
Bosnia and to successfully escape the clutches of the Bosnian Serb army
in June of 1995. Mission after mission, year after year, they pack the
'chutes, charge the bottles, check the straps, and change the batteries
as if they will be the ones who'll strap on that jet. Thanks for
bringing a crewdog home safely.

AUTHOR'S NOTES

Any similarities in this novel to any person, living or dead, are purely
coincidental and entirely the product of the author's imagination.

My faithful readers will note that this story takes place after Day of
the Cheetah. I hope you welcome back our old friends as much as I
enjoyed bringing them back for you.

Your comments are welcome! Please e-mail your thoughts to me at Reader
MailMegafortress.com, or visit my Web site at
http://www.Megafortress.com.

REAL-WORLD NEWS EXCERPTS

DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS STRATEGIC POLICY, OCT 31, 1994 (reprinted with
permission)

In mid-September, Tehran concluded that a clash over the islands in the
Strait of Hormuz--Abu Musa and the Tumbs--was inevitable. This
assessment was based on intelligence from Saudi Arabia and the GCC (Gulf
Cooperation Council) and was reflected in the intensification of Iran's
military preparations and exercises in the Gulf. By late September
(1994), Tehran was actively preparing for a possible military