"Why is it the Mongols of this world always tell us they're defending us against the Mongols?"
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NS is the third book in the "Jerusalem Quartet"
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Edward Whittemore
1974 – 1987
Edward Whittemore (26 May 1933 – 3 August 1995) was an American novelist (1974 – 1987) and Central Intelligence Agency case officer, Directorate of Operations (Asia, Middle East, Europe, 1958 – 1967)
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