After seeing his men suffer devastating losses in the Korean War Marine Lt Frank Strickland embarks on a oneman campaign that reveals some shocking and intriguing corruption within the military establishment that turns out to be more deadly than actual combat This is a story based on true events concerning the explosive growth for power by the CIA in foreign lands all authorized by the president of the United States When CIA Director William Casey warned the author of War Hawks to Not publish this story Gazzaniga became even more interested in the CIAs history and despite phone calls against his efforts from additional agents he researched in depth the tale of the CIAs grab for power during the Korean War Gazzaniga began this effort in the mideighties This is the first publication of his workWith WAR HAWKS Donald Gazzaniga reveals dark untold sides of the Korean War Americas first but sadly not last PostWWII MilitaryIndustrial Complexdriven misadventureThomas B Sawyer author of NO PLACE TO RUN former Head WriterShowrunner of MURDER SHE WROTEWar Hawks is a real pageturner replete with memorable characters and a plot that is spun with expertise and authenticity Gazzaniga put together a mystery thriller that had me thinking of The Manchurian Candidate and Three Days of the Condor while I was reading it An excellent bit of storytelling with the writing of combat the best Ive ever read Tony DiMarco former head writer Happy Days Laverne Shirley writer MASH Sledgehammer others and a Korean War veteranIn keeping with the traditions of such stories as A Few Good Men and Apocalypse Now novelist Donald Gazzaniga in his new book Harrys Wars draws upon his real life experiences and brings to the minds eye a brutal and gritty portrayal of the psychological complexities and life threatening dangers that engulf the life of Marine Lt Frank Strickland during the Korean War Harrys Wars is a story that embeds itself in your mind and stays with you foreverMark Webb Motion Picture Producer and Vietnam veteranFor some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment It has become an operational and at times a policymaking arm of the government I never had any thought that when I set up the CIA that it would be injected into peacetime cloak and dagger operationsformer President Harry Truman in a letter to the Washington Post one month after the JFK assassination December 21 1963