The Colonels (Brotherhood of War, Book 4) Mass Market Paperback – November 15, 1986

WEB Griffin is one of this reviewers TOP FIVE Authors, has been for nearly forty years.. OWN all of his Badge of Honor', Presidents Agent', and Clandestine Agents, Series. Mr. Griffin's attention to detail for military life, FACTS on gear, and especially airplanes (if not a pilot himself, must done Umpteen HOURS of research); only Tom Clancy (original author, not ghost writers writing under his name after 2013). One thing about Griffin's SERIES, is character development which is carried forward from one book to next, WITHOUT repeated pages duplicating same stuff like some do... Own ALL books in Brotherhood of War Series. Read many thousands of books over many decades (am Reader going back to Jr. High) and normally not interested in 'military books, or World War II era stories, with exception of Mr. Griffin's books. His attention to detail and HISTORY is Excellent, bar none.. His KNOWLEDGE is incredible,, as Clandestine Agent series. NOTE: most books when original author has passed nd is being ghost written by other authors, rarely meets expectations. EXCEPT, Wm Butterworth IV , Griffin's son, are every bit as good as original books by Griffin only (another rare exception is Cussler with Dirk Cussler who's continuing his Dirk Pitt series). OTHER end of spectrum where crass commercialism to make money off original author, churning MULTIPLE books a MONTH, so bad that 'ghost writer' has obviously NOT READ a single one of the books on character he's copying, i.e. Wm Johnstone books and MULTIPLE writers using J.A. Johnstone.)ANYWAY, MR, GRIFFIN AND HIS SON, WM E BUTTERWORTH IV HAVE CARRIED ON THE TORCH WITH EXCELLENT WRITING WORTH A READERS SPENDING HIS HARD EARNED MONEY. 5-STAR AUTHOR AND 5-STAR SERIES. This reviewer OWNS and keeps these books, some after 10-20 years, read series again., Presidential Agent is exception,, finished reading in some cases three times Characters in Presidential Agent, and Badge of Honor, two favorite series. Brotherhood of War is on par with Clandestine Agent (real details on end WWII and start of CIA after WWII, Historically accurate as best can tell when checked, Great Read to boot.DAVZWAY

This is a great book in a series that is a pleasure to read. I highly recommend reading it in order.

I read these back in the ‘80s when WEB wrote them. I was Army and involved in MI in Korea and then later the Cold War in West FRG so they struck a personal chord. About everyone in my units read them and there was a jockeying for the right to read the only copy of the “Generals” (which I had) after I had finished. I enjoy the weaving fiction with history, the only issue is the older I get, while I appreciated the writing style initially, the recounting of issues (histories of the combatants) in previous books I no longer do. If you are reading for the first time this won’t bother you too much.

This is the fourth entry into Griffin’s Brotherhood of War series and it may be the best of the nine books. I really have enjoyed reading Griffin’s works over the years and I think I’ve read more of his works than any other author. This book picks right up where the third one left off and continues the story of the men and women who although fictional, had real life counterparts in some ways. The characters are entirely believable people who the reader can easily imagine meeting at some point or another. The plot is not that complex, but it is life-like enough that the reader believes the story. In fact, I even looked up some of the information myself. I found it to be plausible although at times the reality is stretched for the sake of the plot.It is easy to see Griffin’s anti-Communist stance here, but then he is also detailing a world that was anti-Communist. That’s what I like about the books. They do reflect that attitudes of the people of the era in which they are set. Of course, Griffin has an advantage here as he actually lived in those times. Never underestimate the value of experience. All in all, this is a page turner of a book. I must have read this series seven or eight times and I still end up rereading the whole thing as fast as I can when I decide to pick up one of the books. That is a testimony to a great author who knows how to tell a story.

W.E.B. Griffin has continued to invite the readers to relish his command of the English language and his way of neatly presenting a novel which is proactive.I throughly enjoyed reading this book with it well developed characters. Now it is time to start the next book in the series.

I enjoyed reading this Brotherhood series. I have one thought or observation and that is Does Felter have a sign around his neck stating “Little Jew”. And no I’m not a Jew.

As with all of Griffins books, this one will hold your attention from start to finish. This entire series is one of my favorites