Every Novel Begins With The Speculative Question,

There Used To Be This Country Called The Soviet Union; It's Not There Anymore. Our Technology Was Better Than Theirs.

Of All Human Lamentations, Without Doubt, The Most Common Is If Only I Had Known. But We Can't Know, And So Days Of Death And Fire So Often Begin No Differently Than Those Of Love And Warmth.

Courage Is Being The Only Only One Who Knows How Terrified You Are.

What The Government Is Good At Is Collecting Taxes, Taking Away Your Freedoms And Killing People. It's Not Good At Much Else.

For Over Two Weeks, The Defenders Of Wake Island Held Off A Vastly Superior Force Of Japanese Ships And Troops, Inspiring The Whole Nation With Their Plucky Spirit And Sacrifice. Unfortunately, Navy Leaders At Pearl Harbor, Struggling To Protect What Was Left Of The Shattered Pacific Fleet, Canceled A Relief Mission, Allowing The Island And Its Defenders To Fall Without Support. Wake Damaged The Long-standing Trust Between The Corps And The Navy, A Memory That Still Rankles Marines And Shames Sailors.