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Balance of Power: A Novel
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Bibliographic Details
- Format: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
- Book condition: Very Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0380731592
- ISBN 13: 9780380731596
- Publisher: Avon
- Date published: 1999
- Pages: 447
- Size: 4.5 x 6.75 x 1 inches
- Weight: 0.5 pounds
Book Description
Avon. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. 0380731592 B29___STANDARD USED CONDITION___FAST SHIPPING___DELIVERY CONFIRMATION . Very Good.
Book summary
When Congress threatens to declare war without the president's approval, a naval battle ensues in the Pacific to rival the unprecedented divisions played out on the House floor. Navy Seals and U.S. Marine units move into place amid intense legal battling in Washington over whose orders must be followed.
Publisher Notes
One nation indivisible...until now. Off the coast of Indonesia, an American cargo ship has been seized by terrorists, its captain kidnapped and its crew mercilessly slaughtered. In Washington, a peace-loving President's refusal to punish the transgressors has enraged the sitting Congress, led by a determined Speaker of the House. An ambitious young congressional assistant, Jim Dillon has discovered a time bomb hidden away in America's Constitution- a provision that could be used to wrest power from the Chief Executive; a long-forgotten clause that could incite a devastating constitutional crisis...and plunge the country into chaos. Now, as a battle group steams toward a fateful confrontation in the Java Sea-commissioned by Congress and opposed by the President- Dillon finds himself in the center of a firestorm that rages from the highest court in the land to the killing fields half a world away. And, suddenly, there is much more at stake than the life of a single surviving hostage and a superpower's military credibility-as a great nation prepares for war...against itself.
When a peace-loving U.S. President refuses to act against international terrorists, ambitious young congressional assistant Jim Dillon discovers a long-forgotten Constitutional clause that could be used to wrest power from the Chief Executive. Soon Dillon finds himself at the center of a firestorm that threatens to set a great nation at war--against itself.
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