I was involved in a lot of high-level, theater-level-type war games. I was there for 38 months and I saw a lot of the American plans for the defense of Europe. Well, I actually came up with the idea all the way back in the 1970s when I was in Germany. In fact, I have so many readers who're saying, "Your book is terrifying me. So, yes, it's both not overly surprising but also quite scary. You just look at them historically and this seems like a logical…I wouldn't say conclusion at this point because it's not finished…but a logical approach they're taking, from their view. Honestly, along the way, since I had served the United States European Command Headquarters in the middle of the first Cold War, I kinda had a decent idea about Russian history, and I suspected even as far back as 1994 that this day might come. Yeah, I actually started writing this thing in 1994, nearly published it in 1997, and finally got someone to buy it in 2014. On the other, it's kind of a scary world with Russia reasserting itself and making you look rather prescient.
On the one hand, it probably raises interest in your novel. You must have mixed feelings about where Russia is on the world stage today vis-a-vis your book.
His debut novel, The Red Line, tells the story of a resurgent Russia invading Germany and sparking World War III. Author Walt Gragg knows all about mixed emotions. Henny Youngman once called mixed emotions watching your mother-in-law drive your Ferrari over a cliff.
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