Historical Rhymes: 1987 Vs. 2022

Mark Twain once remarked that “History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes.” I first encountered this quote back when I was in high school around 1994. As a know-it-all teenager at the time, I scoffed at Twain’s words. Yet as I grew older and experienced more of what life had to offer, it became …

Thanks to MidRats For Bringing Me Aboard For Tonight’s Show

A very special thanks to Sal and Eagle over at the MidRats podcast for inviting me on tonight. I had a fantastic time discussing the blog, wargaming, Ukraine and a host of other topics. Learned a few things as well and I hope the same holds true for them and the listeners. If any of …

Novel Update 12 September, 2021

Good Morning, everyone! Well, my deadline is about 80 hours away right now and it appears I’ll make it with no problem. Suffice to say, this has been one heck of an experience. Writing under contract is an entirely different animal. Once your signature is attached to the document, you’re on the clock, and suddenly …

A Look Ahead Through Mid-March, 2021

Evening, everyone. I wanted to take a few minutes and bring all of you up to speed on the plan for WWIII: 1987 over the next week and a half. Also, I’d like to discuss the novel since some of you have been asking about it lately on Twitter and even through email. First thing …

WWIII Novel: Final Pre-War Excerpts

From Chapter 12 Brussels, Belgium 5 July, 1987 “Zapad is scheduled to conclude later this evening, but so far there have been no indications of Soviet units preparing to pack up and head home,” the intelligence officer reported to SACEUR and his deputy. It was 1600 hours in Brussels and NATO’s intelligence apparatus was locked …

WWIII Novel: Prologue Part I

The White House, Washington DC 18 April, 1987 The Situation Room was located on the basement level of the White House, far away from the prying eyes of White House employees, visiting guests, diplomats and the host of others who might have daily business on the surface-level floors. There were no windows to allow those …

Temporary Poland Detour Incoming

Evening, everyone. As always, I hope this post finds you all well. I just wanted to inform everyone of a slight deviation in presenting the D+14 timeline and explain the reasons behind the move. The next post set to go up is Baltic Approaches D+14 Part III. As I was writing some of it up …

WWIII Pop Culture: Amerika

The 1987 television miniseries Amerika is barely remembered these days, and is regarded as one of the biggest flops in television history. And it was a flop, there is no disputing that. Amerika was a seven night, fourteen-and-a-half hour marathon miniseries depicting life in the US one decade after a Soviet takeover. Preceding its release, …

Gaming World War III: Two Games I’m Dying to Review

In the next week I will be adding a pair of new titles to my World War III tabletop game collection. I hope to give the games an initial play-through by the end of October and write up individual reviews on them in early November. The theme of both titles is similar: a hypothetical NATO-Warsaw …

The Central Front D+12 (21 July, 1987) Part V

1645 Three of 2nd Brigade/2nd Armored Division’s maneuver battalions move out from west of Salzhemmendorf. The fourth remains behind to act as the brigade reserve. To the north, the bulk of the British 4th Armoured Brigade emerges from Osterwald and moves in the direction of Oldendorf and Highway 1. The mission of the two NATO …