Not a fanBad book. Very dull. Lost interest halfway through. Just charged through to the end because it was so short. Hack work.
The Wonder War (1964)
Others: Negative "War on Wh'Gralb. War? Enemy rockets roared toward their targets ... and floated gently into an uninhabited swamp. A cloud of poison gas billowed over the troops ... and they all fell peacefully asleep for eight hours. Loyal troops fired on the populace ... and out of their rifles came banners with the word BANG! The generals studied their field maps ... and laid plans for a League of Love. What a hell of a way to fight a war. No one was winning, no one was losing. A soldier or civilian couldn't get himself killed if he tried ... And the planet of Wh'Gralb, noted for the ferocity of its wars, was going out of its collective mind trying to find out WHY."--Back cover.
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