{"product_id":"plan-b-hartmut-schober-9783964031396","title":"Plan B: Cold War Adventures of a West German Soldier","description":"The Iron Curtain is about to fall. Will it mean war, or peace? A young conscript in the German Armed Forces is going to find that out, and soon.\u003cp\u003eWhen 18-year-old Hartmut Schober gets drafted into the Bundeswehr, the German Armed Forces, the year is 1989, and it's the final peak of the Cold War. Military training is never easy, but as George Washington said, to be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace - and the Bundeswehr is determined to preserve peace. By all means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Schober soon finds out, those means include harsh drills with cruel drill instructors, huge and dangerous NATO exercises, as well as funny encounters with the US soldiers, and even Darth Vader's storm troopers invading a suburb of Cologne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDramatic times need dramatic measures, after all, though for Schober it quickly turns into just \"the normal insanity of the German soldiers' daily business\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust the everyday life of the ordinary soldier.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten by soldiers for soldiers and all interested parties\u003c\/strong\u003e - same as all the EK-2 Publishing's German Military Fiction books - Plan B will take you on a journey of a proud young West German soldier in the final days of the Cold War, show you what it looked like in those days, and perhaps \u003cstrong\u003ebring back memories of your own turn abroad\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 25 drawings by German veteran Markus Preger support the story. Besides, the book features 3 short stories by Hartmut Schober as a bonus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hartmut Schober, Tom Zola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3964031399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783964031396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ek-2 Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.33d","brand":"Hartmut Schober","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927960015103,"sku":"9783964031396","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4f2e2b4-8775-4acb-ae95-0a5e297aad4d.jpg?v=1749373502","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plan-b-hartmut-schober-9783964031396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}