1987, mass market paperback original edition, Baen, NY. 373 pages. The time is the early 1990's. The American government has finally found a way to deal with the national repudiate it. They've also done something no federal taxes. This science fiction novel also presents our new fighting are you ready for this? They are called our Gentlemen Volunteers.
For a while, I just thought this was fun and interesting, but not at all realistic, but then I started realizing that it was actually a recreation of the life of Julius Caesar in modern times and suddenly, the stretches that were made to make the story fit in a modern world made a lot more sense. Because of what he was trying to accomplish, I can overlook the plot stretching as it WAS a very interesting and fun-to-read book.