Repulse: Europe at War 2062-2064 (33 page)
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Authors: Chris James
Prelude: The View from the West
Page 7
: ‘Informed individuals understood…’ Morrow, The Great European Disaster, Vol. 1, p. 22,
Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2074
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Page 8
: ‘Every time we told a satellite…’ Gen. Cody,
US Congressional hearings, Washington, 12 October 2066
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Page 9
: ‘Hell, we guessed their lasers…’ Gen. Partridge,
ibid
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Page 11
: ‘We’d had some intel…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, pp. 41-48,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Page 11
: ‘Studs came over…’ FM Tidbury,
ibid
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Page 13
: ‘Everyone knows…’ Dowell,
unpublished diary, 14 July 2061
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Page 16
: ‘Super AI meant…’ Tasse, A History of Warfare in the 21st Century, p. 31,
Lee and Lifeson, Paris, 2094
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Page 18
: ‘The President deservedly…’ The New York Times,
20 January 2061
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Page 19
: ‘The American people…’ The Wall Street Journal,
20 January 2061
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Page 19
: ‘Sure am glad…’ Nancy Strickland,
personal correspondence
,
23 February 2061
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Page 20
: ‘When they talked…’ Crispin Webb,
unpublished diary
,
10 October 2061
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Prelude: The View from the East
Page 21
: ‘Each empire falls…’ Sauber, One Hundred Years of Change: The World from 1945 to 2045,
New Sorbonne University, 2047
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Page 22
: ‘Stability is the…’ Drake, The Chinese Miracle, p. 28,
Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2039
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Page 23
: ‘…with Chinese support…’ Horrocks, The 2036 Financial Crisis: Winners and Losers, p. 44,
Hayward, Lodge and Pinder, London, 2042
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Page 23
: ‘Although it seemed…’ Benn, The Rise of the New Persian Caliphate, p. 53,
Dunford, Trout and Haslam, London, 2071
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Page 24
: ‘…then I saw…’ Rafiq, Inside the New Caliphate, p. 126,
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2058
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Page 26
: ‘…Blackwood was pissed…’ Grant,
Night Flight to Beijing, pp. 89-134,
Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2060
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Page 26
: ‘…conceded the Taiwan…’ Grant,
ibid
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Page 27
: ‘For the first…’ Grant,
ibid
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Page 29
: ‘By this point…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 77,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Onslaught
Page 35
: ‘We didn’t think…’ Rowley, Sole Survivor, p. 56,
Dunford, Trout and Haslam, London, 2068
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Page 38
: ‘It was the…’ Blake,
US Congressional Hearings, Washington, 23 January 2067
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Page 40
: ‘I can’t describe…’ Blake,
ibid
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Page 44
: ‘…and the situation…’ Polat,
personal correspondence, 12 September 2060
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Page 44
: ‘I’m getting scared…’ Yilmaz,
personal correspondence, 22 October 2060
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Page 44
: ‘The atmosphere was…’ Uzun,
intercepted correspondence, 6 November 2060
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Page 45
: ‘The speed with…’ Sadik,
interview with the author, 13 February 2096
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Page 49
: ‘…the sun is…’ Kartal,
unpublished journal, 6-9 February 2062
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Page 49
: ‘…a group of…’ Kartal,
ibid
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Page 51
: ‘…in the subjugation…’ Tasse, A History of Warfare in the 21st Century, p. 112,
Lee and Lifeson, Paris, 2094
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Page 53
: ‘I wanted to…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 139,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Page 54
: ‘While no one…’
O Globo, Novo, 9 February 2062
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Page 54
: ‘The NATO countries…’
intercepted correspondence, 10 February 2062
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Page 56
: ‘While in public…’ Lewis, How the Middle East Found Peace, p. 55,
Hackett Press, London, 2056
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Page 57
: ‘The boss worried…’ Webb,
unpublished diary, 7 February 2062
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Page 57
: ‘Mendelberg knew we…’ Salomon,
US Congressional hearings, Washington, 3 April 2067
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Page 60
: ‘The protesters hushed…’ Udell, The Fall of the State of Israel, pp. 79-86,
Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2070
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Page 61
: ‘In moments, tens…’ Udell,
ibid
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Page 62
: ‘I don’t think…’ Cantwell,
US Congressional hearings, Washington, 14 April 2067
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The Caliphate Enters Europe
Page 68
: ‘The Third Caliph…’ Benn, The Rise of the New Persian Caliphate, p. 126,
Dunford, Trout and Haslam, London, 2071
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Page 68
: ‘All of them…’ Dreher,
unpublished journal, 10 February 2062
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Page 69
: ‘…President Coll reassured…’
English government
memo ETG/001/IR/784100262, 10 February 2062
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Page 71
: ‘When we looked…’ Mack,
US Congressional hearings, Washington, 12 March 2067
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Page 73
: ‘The dawn was…’ Raptis,
personal correspondence, 11 February 2062
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Page 74
: ‘…despite the urgency…’ Raptis,
ibid
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Page 75
: ‘They had no…’ Megalos,
intercepted correspondence, 11 February 2062
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Page 75
: ‘We lived in…’ Simonides,
personal correspondence, 11 February 2062
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Page 75
: ‘The Greeks look…’ Kartal,
unpublished journal, 12 February 2062
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Page 76
: ‘The Pontiff is…’
Gen. Romano,
Italian Army Records, 11 February 2062
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Page 76
: ‘The Catholic Church…’
intercepted correspondence, 11 February 2062
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Page 76
: ‘The eight ships…’ Moretti, The Final Fall of Rome, pp. 47-131,
Editori Laterza, Rome, 2066
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Page 77
: ‘I climbed and…’ Moretti,
ibid
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Page 79
: ‘I’d never seen…’ Costa,
interview with the author, 27 March 2096
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Page 80
: ‘Just what the…’ Hines,
personal correspondence, 13 February 2062
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Page 81
: ‘If things get…’ Waters,
personal correspondence, 16 February 2062
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Page 82
: ‘Police forces in…’
English government
memo ETG/005/IR/784103268, 15 February 2062
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Page 83
: ‘The forecasts began…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 178,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Page 83
: ‘…my colleague Dan…’ Parsons,
interview in the New York Times, 21 July 2068
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Page 84
: ‘The French guy…’ Parsons,
ibid
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Page 85
: ‘I think we…’ Sparks,
US Congressional Hearings, Washington, 6 April 2067
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Page 85
: ‘…constantly battling to…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 201,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Invasion
Page 88
: ‘I looked at…’ Capt. Underwood,
unpublished diary, 18 February 2062
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Page 90
: ‘The Caliphate never…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 209,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Page 94
: ‘So many of…’ Kartal,
unpublished journal, 4 March 2062
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Page 95
: ‘…abruptly Charpentier lost…’
English government
memo ETG/011/IR/793102266, 29 March 2062
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Page 96
: ‘It was no…’ Capt. Evans,
interview in The Guardian, 12 January 2063
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Page 97
: ‘I think I…’ Wright,
unpublished diary, 5 April 2062
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Page 98
: ‘Bazza decided he…’ Pt. Green,
personal correspondence, 25 March 2062
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Page 99
: ‘Europe faces its…’
The Guardian, 3 April 2062
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Page 99
: ‘For the first…’
Handelsblatt, 4 April 2062
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Page 99
: ‘Is the day…’
Le Nouvel Observateur, 7 April 2062
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Page 99
: ‘Both Oliver and…’ Jackson,
personal correspondence, 4 April 2062
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Page 100
: ‘Anytime Dylan gets…’ Leach,
personal correspondence, 5 April 2062
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Page 100
: ‘If conscription should…’
English government
memo ETG/013/IR/99310493, 29 March 2062
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Page 102
: ‘Numerous members of…’ Morrow, The Great European Disaster, Vol. 1, p. 257,
Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2074
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Page 103
: ‘…the company will…’ T’ang,
intercepted communication, 12 April 2062
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Page 104
: ‘Once Caliphate forces…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 250,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Page 105
: ‘I got a…’ Rossi,
interview in Italian media, 23 August 2064
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Page 105
: ‘We stayed clear…’ Rossi,
ibid
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Page 106
: ‘It was in…’ Rossi,
ibid
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Page 108
: ‘The boss got…’ Webb,
unpublished diary, 22 April 2062
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Page 109
: ‘When they first…’ Capt. Lang,
US Congressional hearings, Washington, 8 April 2067
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Page 110
: ‘Just want to…’ John,
public communication, 3 May 2062
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Page 111
: ‘The days lengthen…’ Waldron,
unpublished diary, 23 May 2062
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The Battle for Europe
Page 114
: ‘We knew what…’ Capt. Williams,
English Parliamentary Select Committee hearing, 2 October 2066
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Page 115
: ‘I remember the…’ Phillips,
interview with the author, 27 February 2096
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Page 115
: ‘Our battlefield-Pulsar unit…’ Cpl. Buckley,
English Parliamentary Select Committee hearing, 9 October 2066
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Page 116
: ‘Can anyone tell…’ Arnold,
quoted in The Times, 2 June 2062
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Page 117
: ‘Before we withdrew…’ Capt. Degarmo,
NATO situation report VV/3789/ADH/00034, 2 June 2062
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Page 118
: ‘We left a…’ Sgt. Skinner,
interview in The Mail, 3 June 2062
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Page 118
: ‘It was really…’ L. Cpl. Baumann,
personal correspondence, 3 June 2062
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Page 119
: ‘The colonel visited…’ Pte. Ornass,
unpublished memoirs, 3 June 2062
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Page 119
: ‘We had to…’ Pte. Ornass,
ibid
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Page 120
: ‘All of us…’ Pte. Ornass,
ibid
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Page 120
: ‘The Caliphate men…’ Pte. Ornass,
ibid
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Page 121
: ‘More warriors were…’ Pte. Ornass,
ibid
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Page 122
: ‘He was a…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 288,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Page 123
: ‘With one eye…’ Webb,
unpublished diary, 7 June 2062
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Page 126
: ‘We had furious…’ Reyer,
interview in The Economist, March 2072
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Page 128
: ‘…experiencing an earthquake…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 296,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
.
Page 130
: ‘I took one…’ Kartal,
unpublished journal, 28 June 2062
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Page 131
: ‘Of course we…’ Eichel,
report to local Berlin authority, 1 July 2062
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Page 132
: ‘What can we…’ Kalbfleisch,
personal correspondence, 1 July 2062
.
Page 132
: ‘…four hundred and…’ Morrow, The Great European Disaster, Vol. 1, p. 307,
Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2074
.
Page 133
: ‘Our boat made…’ Pardo,
English Parliamentary Select Committee hearing, 30 October 2066
.
Page 134
: ‘The Caliphate’s armed…’ Tasse, A History of Warfare in the 21st Century, p. 202,
Lee and Lifeson, Paris, 2094
.
Page 136
: ‘With all the…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 321,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Page 137
: ‘The older guys…’ Kent,
personal correspondence, 6 July 2062
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Page 139
: ‘Don’t head east…’ Gadulas,
intercepted correspondence, 7 July 2062
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Page 139
: ‘…they wouldn’t let…’ Nowak,
intercepted correspondence, 7 July 2062
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Page 141
: ‘Ladies and gentlemen…’ Favre,
mayoral statement, 5 July 2062
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Page 141
: ‘Coming so soon…’ Capt. Rutkowski,
personal correspondence, 6 July 2062
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Page 142
: ‘I felt we…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 343,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
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Page 143
: ‘It will all…’
Toronto Star, 6 July 2062
.
Page 143
: ‘The warlords of…’ Tasse, A History of Warfare in the 21st Century, p. 222,
Lee and Lifeson, Paris, 2094
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Page 145
: ‘We’re going there…’ L. Cpl. Ortiz,
media interview, 9 July 2062
.
Page 144
: ‘Suddenly all ears…’ Pte. Lund,
interview with the author, 21 May 2096
.
Page 145
: ‘It was a…’ Capt. Underwood,
unpublished diary, 10 July 2062
.
Page 145
: ‘The traditional routes…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 366,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
.
Page 146
: ‘We conclude therefore…’ Senator Ross,
US Congressional hearings, Washington, 8 August 2067
.
Page 146
: ‘The boss was…’ Webb,
unpublished diary, 13 July 2062
.
Page 148
: ‘I had expected…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 381,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
.
Page 149
: ‘This English fellow…’ Capt. Podlaski,
personal correspondence, 14 July 2062
.
The End Game
Page 152
: ‘By this stage…’ Morrow, The Great European Disaster, p. 327,
Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2074
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Page 152
: ‘Do you remember…’ Pugh,
personal correspondence, 18 July 2062
.
Page 154
: ‘The council’s replicator…’ Cooke,
interview with the author, 2 June 2096
.
Page 155
: ‘I now see…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 390,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
.
Page 155
: ‘We had a…’ Hayes,
interview with the author, 13 June 2096
.
Page 156
: ‘I remember a…’ Hayes,
ibid
.
Page 157
: ‘We were so…’ Hayes,
ibid
.
Page 158
: ‘The exo-suits couldn’t…’ Pte. Barnes,
12th Marine Expeditionary Battle Report, 1 August 2062
.
Page 159
: ‘A lot of…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 402,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
.
Page 160
: ‘Nothing to do…’ Col. Pearce,
unpublished memoirs, 5 August 2062
.
Page 161
: ‘Although there weren’t…’ Col. Pearce,
ibid
.
Page 162
: ‘In my opinion…’ Capt. Lamb,
English Parliamentary Select Committee hearing, 15 October 2066
.
Page 162
: ‘You sit here…’ Capt. Lamb,
ibid
.
Page 162
: ‘Any celebration of…’
The Guardian, 7 August 2062
.
Page 163
: ‘I’m sorry, but…’ Pte. Reeves,
personal correspondence, 8 August 2062
.
Page 163
: ‘At first we…’ Bagget,
interview with the author, 21 June 2096
.
Page 164
: ‘August 2062 saw…’ Benn, The Rise of the New Persian Caliphate, p. 223,
Dunford, Trout and Haslam, London, 2071
.
Page 166
: ‘I am resting…’ Kartal,
unpublished journal, 17-31 July 2062
.
Page 167
: ‘I dare not…’ Kartal,
ibid
.
Page 167
: ‘What a journey…’ Kartal,
ibid
.
Page 168
: ‘I spent several…’ Kartal,
ibid
.
Page 169
: ‘These were solid…’
Frost, interview in The Times, 15 August 2062
.
The Race against Time
Page 172
: ‘The PM and…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 431,
Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069
.
Page 172
: ‘Everyone attending from…’ Myers, The Storm over Us, p. 34,
Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2066
.
Page 174
: ‘It is time…’ Senator Ortiz,
Summerville, 19 August 2062
.
Page 175
: ‘The boss really…’ Webb,
unpublished diary, 17 August 2062
.
Page 176
: ‘We obviously assumed…’ Capt. Taylor,
US Congressional hearings, Washington, 18 August 2067
.
Page 177
: ‘Emergency protocols kicked…’ Fisher, 10/13, pp. 52-178,
Hackett Press, Washington, 2068
.
Page 178
: ‘The Pulsar batteries…’ Fisher,
ibid
.
Page 180
: ‘The time arrived…’ Fisher,
ibid
.
Page 180
: ‘As the chaos…’ Fisher,
ibid
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