Twentieth Century Limited Book Two ~ Age of Reckoning. Jan David Blais
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- Издательство: Ingram(2020)
- ISBN: 9781623463564
- Страниц: 1111
- Язык: Английский
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Overcoming disabling injuries, Vietnam vet Paul Bernard becomes an award-winning journalist and television newsman known for holding a mirror to American society. Long critical of the radical right, after 9-11 Bernard attacks the Bush administration for Osama bin Laden&#39;s escape and leading the nation into a disastrous war. On assignment in Iraq, Bernard is killed under suspicious circumstances. Interwoven with the account of his life is an interview of his mentor, Professor Augustus F.X. Flynn, by a magazine writer profiling him. Frustrated by Washington&#39;s inaction, the two set out to find the truth about the killing.<br><br>In Book Two, Paul Bernard has become an oil expert and a critic of America&#39;s Middle East dependency. His experiences as a correspondent in Paris and Moscow are related in this Book, his coverage of the great year 1989 in Europe, the Gulf War. Bernard&#39;s move to television news is marked by growing clashes with the radical right, culminating in his controversial stance against the Iraq War and the dramatic final events of the story.
