I’m ready to publish “The War Within”.
The work is going through it’s final edit and I’m preparing to publish the book by September.
I thought I’d submit this post with the author’s notes so you could become familiar with what will be included in the book.
Author’s Notes
“The War Within” is a historical novel that begins during a volatile time in our recent history. It’s a time that most of us will remember. It’s also a time many would like to forget. For fifty years people have fought to make sense of the morality and political gain of this struggle. While the struggle is no longer considered a current event, the lessons are still being learned today; this once war is now one that is the comparison for current wars and struggles in the Middle East. As you read the story, you will see the many similarities shared from generation to generation. If you are of the generation that remembers, you will be able to relate to some of the key points.
The story takes place in Madison, Wisconsin where Kathleen Stewart is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin. This university gained a reputation for being quite a radical campus during the 1960’s: students marched in protest, confronted army recruiters, and burned draft cards throughout the war. Teach-ins were organized in 1965 at its beginning. In 1967 UW students protested, against Dow Chemical, the maker of napalm. Both these situations are mentioned in “The War Within”.
By reading “The War Within,” you will be able to revisit the struggle shared on both shores. Military and civilian alike were finding their voice in a time when many fought for rights. Civil rights brought to light a struggle on the home front while our young men fought a war in Southeast Asia that didn’t concern the American people. In Wisconsin alone, more than 57,000 residents served in Southeast Asia. Of those 57,000 1,239 did not return home.
While reading “The War Within,” you will find many intriguing aspects that may require you to ask, “did that happen.” Well, I challenge you to research and explore your history because you may be surprised. Of course, we all remember the sorrow felt with the loss of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as the many other victims of the time. But there were many things going on behind the scenes that some may not remember.
We all recall “Watergate,” but do we remember MKULTRA, Operation Paperclip, and Operation Bluebird, and the many other programs that were a topic of debate and discussion? What happened and what might be a conspiracy? While MKULTRA is mentioned in “The War Within” I leave to you the broader research where you can confirm or deny the facts related to the mind control experiments that occurred from 1947 to possibly the current day.
Beyond the historical events mentioned in “The War Within”, you will find the story; the story of a family that struggles through this time of change and upheaval. You will read about the loss and pain that was experienced by many during that time in history. You will see the similarities in the emotion that are shared throughout history as war continues to plague our planet and destroy the hope of peace. While the people in the story are fictitious, the pain and suffering are very real. Just ask those who lived through it.
There were many events that I touched on in “The War Within“, but much more that were not mentioned. That is not because they weren’t important. Every incident that occurred, every life affected whether lost or maimed or mental dysfunction, each voice is important. I discount no ones suffering. I had to choose what to include in a novel that would be readable as entertainment rather than a history book that could be studied. So please take from this novel anything that will cause you to desire to help those who suffer from the pain and loss of war, any war. War is a terrible thing. However, it is a reality. So long as we have governments and men who desire power and control, we will experience the pain of war. Let the rest of us help those that suffer from the pain of war to heal. Peace will only come from love. Love will only come if we offer it to the world.
I hope this book will be well received by my readers.
Thank you