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19. "RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here"
In response to message #17
 
   >It's possible I'm thinking of the wrong book. I recall reading some
>Classic Of Military Sci-Fi, and I thought it was Starship
>Troopers, in which it turned out that the government had basically
>become a branch of the army, and the army essentially a subsidiary of
>the company providing most of its gear, over the course of an
>interminable outer-space war, to the point where they were
>deliberately prolonging the war indefinitely to keep the machine
>running. Economic prosperity, full employment, a plausible excuse to
>limit civil liberties, and built-in population control - what's not to
>like?

You might be thinking of Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, which was pretty much written as a rebuttal to Starship Troopers.


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 FI Mini: Wish You Were Here [View All] Gryphonadmin Sep-18-08 TOP
   RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here drakensis Sep-18-08 1
   RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here WengFook Sep-18-08 2
      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Peter Eng Sep-18-08 3
      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-18-08 5
   RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Pasha Sep-18-08 4
      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-18-08 6
          RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Pasha Sep-18-08 7
              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-18-08 8
                  RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here MOGSY Sep-18-08 9
                      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-18-08 10
                          RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here MOGSY Sep-18-08 11
                              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here mdg1 Sep-18-08 12
                                  RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Zox Sep-18-08 13
                                      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here MOGSY Sep-18-08 14
                              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-19-08 17
                                  RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here mdg1 Sep-19-08 18
                                 RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here FubarObfusco Sep-19-08 19
                                      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here MOGSY Sep-19-08 20
                                          RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Peter Eng Sep-19-08 21
                                              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Wedge Sep-19-08 22
                                          RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here FubarObfusco Sep-19-08 23
                                              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-19-08 24
                                              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here mdg1 Sep-19-08 27
                                              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here dstar Sep-19-08 30
                                              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Senji Mar-23-19 36
              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Mephronmoderator Mar-22-19 35
   RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here VA_Wanderer Sep-19-08 15
      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-19-08 16
          RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Mephronmoderator Sep-19-08 25
              RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-19-08 26
                  RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here CdrMike Sep-19-08 28
                      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Sep-19-08 29
   RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Nov-22-08 31
      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here BZArchermoderator Nov-23-08 32
      RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Zuki Nov-24-08 33
          RE: FI Mini: Wish You Were Here Gryphonadmin Nov-24-08 34


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