State Scarlet

by David Aaron

When a caller tells the White House he has stolen a U.S. nuclear device and will set it off in a major European city, power struggles erupt in Washington and Moscow

Genres: Fiction, Thriller

351 pages, Hardcover

First published April 4, 1987

About the author

David Aaron has served on the National Security Council in both Republican and Democratic adminstrations, from 1972 to 1974 as senior staff member and, from 1977 to 1981, as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. From 1974 to 1976, he headed an investigative task force for the Senate Intelligence Committee. He was a member of the first SALT negotiations, directed the work of the SALT II negotiations and participated in the Vienna Summit of 1979. He has been sent on sensitive presidential missions to Europe, Africa, China abd Latin Americam aand in 1981 won the National Defense Medal, the Pentagon's highest civilian award.

He lives in Weston, Connecticut.

Reviews

[Vivian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting how little has changed since 1987.... same players, same political egos, same dangers.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this one on the husband's recommendation. Quite good. A stolen nuclear weapon, NATO, choices made, etc. The author has real life experience from his career in this field. I think that is why the story is so good.

[Jim Moffett · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Alex Willis · Rating 2 out of 5]

The plot was okay but the characters were not memorable. In addition there was nothing to hook me into loving this book.