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    Blink of an Eye

    By William S. Cohen

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    It is America's worst nightmare: A nuclear bomb destroys a major city. Thousands of Americans are dead and many more will die from radiation poisoning. Threats promising more attacks spread through the media. Panic has broken out in many cities. How could American intelligence have failed to detect a nuclear device? Who is responsible for the blast?

    Sean Falcone, national security advisor, is tasked with identifying and tracking down the attackers. Powerful forces within the Capital point the finger at Iran. But appearances are always deceiving, and never more so than when millions of innocent people may die for a crime they did not commit. With the potential to incite the entire Muslim world against America and bring the world to the brink of Armageddon, Falcone discovers an astonishing secret hidden deep within the upper echelons of Washington's elite...but why should the President—or the American people—believe him?

    Pulling from years of international affairs and defense planning experience, the former Secretary of Defense under Bill Clinton creates a sweeping, all-too-real political thriller.



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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateNov 8, 2011
    ISBN9781429986175
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    Blink of an Eye
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    William S. Cohen

    WILLIAM S. COHEN served as Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from 1997-2001. A Republican, Cohen spent twenty-four years in office as a Congressperson and a Senator before his noteworthy appointment to the cabinet of a Democratic president. During his tenure as the 20th U.S. defense minister, Cohen directed America’s military actions in Iraq and Kosovo. In 2001, he founded the Cohen Group, a global business consulting firm. He has written for The Washington Post, the Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal and is the author of the novel Dragon Fire. William S. Cohen lives with his wife in the Washington, D.C. area.

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    • 5/5
      Over the years, the U. S. government and military has lost several nuclear bombs. What happens when people who believe that they should be in charge of everybody else's lives find out where one is waiting to be picked up? This is a high octane political thriller, moving at jet speeds.
    • 4/5
      I was in the book store last week and this book caught my eye as it was written by William S. Cohen who was the Secretary of Defense in President Clinton's Cabinet (that, and the vibrant mushroom cloud on the cover).It's an interesting and realistic (albeit fiction realism)look behind the curtain of government bureaucracy during a crisis. The story itself is original and for once it's nice that the terrorists aren't keffiyeh wearing nutjobs with an all to familiar zeal, although such does figure into the storyline to a degree.I did feel let down by the ending however, after such destruction and lengthy investigation it just seemed to wind up to a close rather blandly.