Team Yankee: A Novel of World War III (G.K. Hall Large Print Book Series)

From Wikipedia Team Yankee is a speculative fiction novel written in 1987 by Harold Coyle, then a major in the United States Army, whose subject is the actions of a company-sized armor unit of the United States Army in the World War III scenario as depicted by General Sir John Hackett in his novel, The Third World War. General Hackett's scenario takes place in 1985; Coyle never specifies the year, but it is assumed to take place in the late 1980s. The novel achieved best-selling status and became a series of comic books, an Origins Award-winning board wargame and later a video game. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon In the article: Plot summary | Major themes | Significance | Other adaptations Library : General Formats : EPUB ISBN : 9780816146413 Captain Sean Bannon, commander of Team Yankee - a tank team stationed in West Germany - and his men, will be tested in the ultimate arena of mortal combat. After a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, NATO Forces, and the Warsaw Pact countries, the men of Team Yankee find death and defeat as close as victory. Uleski, the joking trooper in the team, turns hard under the strain of battle. Garger, the new second lieutenant, would prove himself when the fighting began. Avery, the new boy on the team, confronts his fears. Kelp is only nineteen, but aging quickly. Plgar, the old soldier, is in his glory. Together they fight from the mud of Hill 214 to the Seale River bridge, and across the plains of Western Europe on the battlefield of WWIII. --Book jacket. NATO and the Soviet bloc are at war. The awesome Russian invasion force smashes across the West German border, driving for a breakthrough. With M-1 tanks and a mechanized infantry division, Captian Sean Bannon's "Team Yankee" must defend their vital strategic post. They will engage the enemy with the ultimate in sophisticated weaponry. They will fight beyond all limits of human endurance - on the brink of World War III... Team Yankee