Re: Printed works of future combat

On Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 08:41:39AM -0500, John Atkinson wrote:
> The only one that's not 
> even loosly Vietnam based is, of course, Counting the Cost, which is 
> based on the Nika riots in Constantinople during the reign of
Justinian 
> the Great.

	Which seems to be a _very_ popular source of inspiration for
SF writers. Drake's used to it twice -- _Counting the Cost_ and less
veiled in latest book he coauthored with S.M. Stirling(?) -- the sequel
to _Oblique Approach_.

	There's also a book by Pournelle that uses the Nika riots as
inspiration -- one of the Falkenberg books, I think. I remember this one
well because someone on a newsgroup once claimed the story proved
Pournelle was some sort of reactionary. I wish I had known the 
historical basis of the story...

	Hmmm... can anyone suggest a good general history of Byzantium?

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