David Drake
David Drake
David Drakeis an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the major authors of the military science fiction genre...
soul boring ifs
Nothing’s boring if it’s in your soul…
use answers problem
The use of force is always an answer to problems...[It] isn't an attractive answer, though.
determination numbers people
The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear.
decision worthy historian
History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth, but a historian could search for truth, and the search was as worthy as any other human activity.
currently soon
He's currently working on it. And we'd like to have it as soon as possible.