George E. Vandeman

AFTER THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE Ali the clocks are discussing midnight. And we seem to know it. It makes us uneasy. What happens when today becomes tomorrow? What happens after the clock strikes twelve? Tomorrow is shrouded in mystery. And we like only those mysteries that we can solve. We are...

THE DAY THE CAT JUMPED It was a sleepy Sunday morning in the Philippines. General Jonathan Wainwright reached for the phone to call his aide. He spoke excitedly into the mouthpiece. 'Johnny!' 'Yes, generál.' The cat has jumped!' Johnny understood the code. A Japanese generál would have said,...

HAMMERS IN THE FIRE Life is full of surprises in the matter of strength and weakness. The wood breaks the saw, and the fabric the needle. The bridge condemned is the bridge that survives the flood. The hurricane sweeps away the split-level and leaves the shack. The unsinkable Titanic succumbs to...

Ha meg akarod érteni mindazokat a különös dolgokat, amelyek történnek, ha szeretnéd látni a múlt játékainak és ellenjátékainak értelmét, s a jövőről - amely most olyan ijesztőnek látszik - lelkesítő, hiteles és reményteljes képet szeretnél kapni, akkor ez a könyv neked...