This is a novel about war, and the people who 　　 fight it. 　　 Harold Coyle s first novel, Team Yankee, was a 　　New York Times best-seller--a book that Tom 　　Clancy described as "stunning and powerful," and 　　General Sir John Hackett (author of The Third 　　 World War) called "a convincing picture of war at 　　the company level." 　　 Sword Point begins with an army at peace, as 　　ordinary men and women--soldiers--go about 　　their daily lives, unaware that thousands of miles 　　away, the war they have been preparing for is about 　　to begin--for the Soviet Union is on the eve of 　　invading Iran to secure its borders against the 　　spread of Moslem fundamentalism and to seize the 　　Strait of Hormuz, together with the free world s 　　oil supply.... 　　 Coyle s ability to recreate the fury of battle is 　　equaled only by his gift for making both the grand 　　strategy and the minute-by-minute soldier s view 　　of war equally clear, compelling and fascinating. 　　But what makes Sword Point special is the human 　　element: each character in Coyle s huge cast is 　　unforgettable and sharply etched, from the young 　　American lieutenant thrust into combat for the 　　first time to a Soviet officer who is repelled by the 　　cold inhumanity of his KGB superior. 　　 He takes us from the White House and the 　　Kremlin to the battlefield, as the life of each char- 　　acter is changed--or brutally ended--by the rap- 　　idly escalating war, while the stakes are raised, 　　with the Iranians reportedly on the verge of assem- 　　bling a nuclear device 　　 No reader will ever forget the protagonists of 　　this desperate battle, among them: 　　 ~ Lt. Gen. Weir, the American Corps Com- 　　mander, who must fight and win a war on faraway, 　　hostile terrain, against superior numbers, or see 　　his army destroyed...